Release

My parents told me to “grow up”

My friends said I should “lighten up”

I’d like for them to both be pleased

But feel I’m cut off at the knees

My party said to voice opinion

Professors said I was their minion

It’s hard indeed to know my mind

When polling in a double bind

My children said I work too much

My banker told me not enough

To balance a check book isn’t hard

Compared to weighing both regards

My boss said that I was a winner

My priest told me I was a sinner

I asked myself if it were so

My conscience simply said, “You know.”

“You chase opinion in the wind”

“Yet rarely think to look within”

“For peace of mind you must appease”

“Your own heart to obtain release”