Not your Acolyte

I don't want to be an acolyte
to the institutions formed by men
I don't want to be an acolyte
to follow their ideas, their footsteps
that's not who I am

There are higher, holier ways
I am pulled upwards by my heart
there are higher, holier ways
 I want to be as God art

To follow men will leave me earthbound
a place of limited vision
To follow God will stretch my sights
to heaven

and beyond
to comprehend all time, all things
to feel compassion and love

So don't expect me to follow you, man
your institutional rules do not bind me
So don't expect me to follow you, man
I will learn and take what is good

then follow my heart
I am not your acolyte
then follow my heart
reject what is not right