CONVICTED

        I have been convicted
        Of things not very nice
        Destructive traits that are of me
        A block of thoughtless ice
        Untouched by peoples circumstance
     I favour very few
        My feelings are concerned with me
        And not refreshed by You

        These things have lain hidden
        For more than forty years
        Motivating all my thoughts
        Promoting many tears
        I have the chance to wave goodbye
        To what is deep in me
        Better off without them
        Yielded up to Thee.