I was misunderstood. And I misunderstood.

"I was misunderstood. And I misunderstood. That is the over-arching theme. Things rolled out from there. Such a large, mobile, all-consuming Cloud of Unknowing followed me wherever I went. There were choices, consequences. Always. And in even the simplest ways, the easiest things, there was great confusion, indecision. Mistakes. False roads. Busted dreams. I would fall back on the lamest consolation: I tried to be a good person. Not knowing how to try, or what it means to be, not knowing what's good, or what fully constitutes a person. That can't be the story, the full story, there has to be more to the story, right?!"