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