Pointless

It astounds me 
how detached
I've become. 

Indifferent 
I sound
Or to some sad.

I was taught to lay down
to bend
to lament -

Advised to shun glories
and survive on
pittance.

Some wanted sinners
like me 
to repent 

Some asked
to respond, 
and to never relent!

A lifetime of
restraints, chains
and refrains - 

Look at me now
A fool, 
inadvertently glad.