I Have Asked From You Funds Not Direction Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I understand and accept your strategy.
And beliefs you may 'assume'...
Of an influence a doing,
You should have on me.
However...
If I accept funds from you given,
To do 'that' which I please...
Leaves my decisions made to make,
To have nothing to do with your strategy.
Although...
I will give you the respect to listen.
With no influence I will consider to choose.
And 'if' I did that,
Would that make what I do easier for you?

I understand and accept your strategy.
But I have asked from you funds.
Not direction.
Does this now have an effect on your strategy?
With interest I've agreed and you have accepted?
What do I have you believed from me you would retrieve?
My consciousness?