Dandelions In The Wind

Conscience

I recognize you in a dream

In solitude and nightmares fright

You haunt my life, my hopes, my night

Even in the morning's sunlight beam

I run from you most everyday

And ask God's grace at pardon's door

That you might go and I might stay

Yet, still your footprints on my floor

I beg that you would let me be

To start anew, a cleansing slate

But always something new as bait

Yet the only fish that's caught is me.

I spread my wings and aim to fly

And still there is no lasting flight

For as my feet are bound and tight

The echo of your voice in every cry.

I rip you out, I pray, confess

That this be over and I free

Of all your bondage, just to be

My happiness no longer under your arrest

I see the shadows in my eyes

And see your smirk, O Conscience mine

That brings forth these evil lies

That holds me back and always ties

Me to the past and bygone days

Me to the spirits of the dead

Me who struggles and who dreads

Your ever-lasting whispers in my prayers

For Conscience mine will you let go?

That I may live a life so full

Without your voices in my skull

Of memories and tears I know

Like old friends gathered at my place

For drinks of merry and of glee

Please let me go, let me be free

And no longer recognize you in my face.