Identity Statement

I see myself as one outcast from my familiar world; exposed and alone in a hostile landscape. An alien sun, eclipsed, casts a cold penumbra. Underfoot, the earth is unstoppable and treacherous. Hellish maw spews forth a yammering pack to hound my conscience - allowing me no rest. Yet, who I have been is not who I must be. Rather than be destroyed in this hateful experience, I live in it as a crucible. I will be refined, not consumed. Hope, as a refreshing rain on the horizon, tells me I may one day live as having been redeemed: a citizen among peers. I would once again know love, peace, comfort and consolation.