Hyphenated

This is what I am enjoined to be: Hyphenated ! Bound to vacillate between self-aggrandizement and self-annihilation I straddle two unrecognizable worlds only to find solace in none I am the begetter of my malaise all made of ungraspable memories and deferred living Unable to liberate presence from the grips of absence I dwell on both edges of supposed being that meanwhile refuse to be reconciled ?for fear that I dare reconstruct my long lost identity There I stand a hyphenated land gazing at imposed images donning the masks of free choice and self-agency