Immersion

I am told, "You need this..."
I am led to the waters and I go down
and rise up into new life.
A new identity?
A new nature?
A new group of peers and watchdogs.
Then outcast into a desert, and
the presence of piety
the fear of the righteous
the judgement of the bretheren.
Lies, lusts, and egos in perfect Sunday dress...
and an absent God.