Tonight they’re out in force
Noting my every move.
I feel a new remorse,
A guilt that they could prove.
I shouldn’t be hiding
Childlike in shadow.
A model guiding
My followers must not know.
My dirty secret
Would tarnish my reputation.
I am indeed a fraud
With a drug infatuation.
So forgive my addiction
I don’t want to influence your child
To become a cigarette smoker
I am myself beguiled...