manipulation filled with stipulations,

if I act this way, will you act another?

will you go right and I go left,

will you stay straight and I wander crooked?

how do you stay and keep it straight when something obstructs your path?

manipulation of emotions, the want in knowing,

appease, please, oh, try try to please,

approval, for approval's sake,

leads to disgrace.

trust in one's faith, one's knowledge, one's intuition.

know that your path may be different, yet not indifferent.

you can care, you can share,

yet to no one must you adhere.

manipulation filled with stipulation.

what is the price?

to living one's life.

 [ send green star]