Free Will?

I observe the world through tear-filled eyes As deceitful bounders don their disguise, Pretending to care for the down-trodden, Their pledge of compassion, soon forgotten Why am I compelled to answer the cry Of the hopeless whose lives have gone awry, Marooned on Life's sea, left with but one oar, Why am I compelled to pull them ashore? It pains me to hurt any living thing - Rather than kill a bee, I'd let it sting; In my heart I know this is who I am - - The martyr, the sacrificial lamb Can this be choice? the instinct is so strong! I'm too keenly aware of right and wrong; I can't help but choose to do the right thing, And this behavior has me wondering...... Kids who tear wings off of butterflies - - Is this a behavior they can revise? Is this really free will, or do you suppose Just inherent traits that we can't oppose? I can't help but think choice is preordained, At birth, some dark souls with evil are stained, While others carry their cross up the hill; Do we choose..... do we really have free will?