Confession -

So here I am again, I think I’ve sinned

I can’t exactly place the how or why

I tried to be a sister and a friend

I never dreamed she’d give this winged reply

The one I told you all about

The pretty one who came here, so devout

She told me all the things she felt she’d lost

And all the things she feared to be without

I told her all the things that I’ve been told

Those comforts that I took when I was young

But still, I think she only saw me old

I don’t know what I said to make her run

So here I am again, I think I’ve sinned

I can’t exactly place the how or why

I tried to be a sister and a friend

I never dreamed she’d give this winged reply

She’s given up the veil, the vows she’d sworn

Abandoned every effort to conform

Without a word to anyone she’s gone her way alone

A dove escaping back into the storm

I tried to show her I could understand

But still she chose to leave me for the cold

It makes me doubt the woman that I am

God forgive me all that I’ve been told

So here I am again, I think I’ve sinned

I can’t exactly place the how or why

I tried to be a sister and a friend

I never dreamed she’d give this winged reply