Let me Live

You cannot tell me how to live.
I will fall but get back up
You cannot change a streak of badluck
Or prevent a blessing in disguise
If I should fall and scrape my knee,
Please hand me a bandaid and let it be
If I am jumping for joy
Then jump with me in jubilee.
I will not live in fear but faith
I will trust that He knows where I am headed
I will trust that He knows what is best
All I can do is live
So place your judgments elsewhere
You know not my heart and it's condition
Please do not presume that you know best.
I love that you care, but your smothering is killing me slowly and painfully
I have enough guilt and shame on my own without you piling more on also
I will not tell you anything
You have lost that privilege and will never know
Because you are blinded by your own "righteousness"
I have someone higher to confide in
His opinion is the only one that matters
I want to learn from my own mistakes
Not hear what I should and should not do according to you
You broke me that night
At first all was well
You were speaking truth
Then you let yourself be blinded by what "is best for me"
But all I heard was ignorance and misplaced hatred and distrust
Do you honestly think I would be so stupid as to make the same mistake twice?
No, I have learned.
I am not a child, so please don't presume that I should be treated as one.
This is where I am.
Whether you're here with me or not,
I will not be moved by you.
I will step forward and not look back until I hear His command
I have a path to follow which may not make sense to you
But please do not judge me for that.
You do not know where it is that I am going
So please do not try to put me on the path of your making
But rejoice with me as I walk down the one He has made.