I gave myself permission.
How is that? You may ask.
Someone suggested I see the nurse
so I wrote myself a pass.
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I gave myself permission -
no one else could push me through,
others may have shown the way
but it was mine to do.
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I gave myself permission -
only then could I be free;
I discovered after years in prison
that I was holding the key.
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I gave myself permission -
to be loved by God and men;
now I realize evil's cruel lies
and I won't be fooled again.
