Who am I ?

Who am I ?

Am I the perfect little boy my mother sees when she looks at me. Am I the menace to society that the District Attorney says I am ? Or, am I some mixture of both ?Can you tell me who I am because to be perfectly honest I have no idea who I am.

The one word I would use to describe myself would be curious. The only things I am sure of is I am twenty-one years old, in prison, with many still unanswered questions about God and life. After all, I am on death row. What good will knowing the answers to those questions be if I never get the chance to use them. Since coming to prison there is one question I have found an answer to. This platform has given me the opportunity to use every answer to every question so I will be able to better understand how to fight a winning battle to save my life.

Who am I ? I am a young man going through what little life I am allowed to have hoping to take the best out of every situation and somehow use it to gain my freedom. As a person I am still confused about life and God. I cannot tell you who I am in those areas, but at least I know I have a reason to search for the answers to all the unanswered questions I have. All I know to tell you is in time when most people want to see me dead just because I am on death row, you might like to take the time to get to know me. Instead of listening to what others have to say about me, have a conversation with me yourself and then form your own opinion of who I am.

You will probably find that you like the curious individual I am. I know I do. In my opinion begin curious is a good thing. If I accept anything at face value I will be deceived by a bunch of lies. Being curious allows me to look for my own answers, develop my own opinions, and become my own person.

Why should I just be content to follow what everyone else says is true ? what if they are only saying that is true to lead me away from truths they would rather keep hidden? Life is full of mysteries. I want to figure out the answers to them myself. If I listen to the answers every one is telling me not only might they be lying to me, but if they are telling the truth I will have learned the answer to a question without learning the lesson. If that is the case I might as well not have the answer because I may use is incorrectly.

Who am I ? I am a person looking for answers. Can you help me find them?

Mark Duke Z-655
Holman 3700, 3-D-ll
Atmore, AL 36503
USA

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