the time is around 9 pm on a thursday and 7,000 people are chanting ` yes ! but we are all in our bare feet , which are going numb on the cold , hard concrete .
maybe our own .
i feel as if we 're on our way to a ritual killing , but there 's no way out -- the huge crowd keeps pushing me forward .
then , the chanting stops and a hush fills the air .
we are faced with our fate .
it 's not in my nature .
but yes , i am , i 've been on a self-improvement mission that