Latter Day Sinner

I was a very free man a long time ago. I sometimes describe that time in my life as living on the edge of society in the center of town. I also sometimes describe it as my gray period. I did a lot of soul searching when I was left to my own devices. I was very alone. I’d like to believe that I didn’t depend on anyone and that no one depended on me, but I was never really that free. That was forty years ago and I am far less free now. I know how much I depend on others and see who depends on me. I have been tamed.