I wanted this to be serious, but immediately upon writing it this line came to me, so, an outtake from this story: Trial by flurry.
Without Shame
I stand here amidst the wind howling my name in denouncement of my life in entirety. Who is it to judge? It is that by which voice may be heard, and thus, the final say.
Caused though by heat, cold upon my face as molecules of matter I can otherwise walk through lash at my face in their tongue declaring my crimes for all to see. I stand and face my accuser, defended only by what my crimes have enabled me to make of myself, and what I made from what I was able. I stand as a version of my crimes, what the truth of repentance tells me to be.
I hear it call my name; denouncing my existence by asking why it should continue; listing the worst of the results of my forms actions; a voice of chill pulling at me from every direction as I give the only answer available to me in response to the accusation of what I was, “I AM!”
“I AM!” I speak my name loudly that my accuser may hear me clear despite its own voice comprised of that which I walk through as I take a step forward toward judgement. I declare loudly what my crimes have created as I raise my hand to solemnly swear the truth of my testimony.
As the wind grows still I take my final step toward judgement. It has heard my defense. I know the jury, in whose hands the verdict is held, well. When this step is completed I will stand to know my fate as spoken by the truth of my words; it is the echo that will declare my guilt or innocence.
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