Answer:
Here the writer is pausing or breaking to offer a new point of view or add a personal interjection to the narrative.
The author starts with a we stance or point of view, then shifts to an I or me voice which could hint at the pause or break for personal reflection or the paradox of the we being a me, the collective not really reflecting the collective but rather the individual.
I cannot see the full excerpt, but from the entire work here is what I see.
...But thought I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
though I have seen my head brought in upon a platter,
I am no prophet...
This refers to John the Baptist when he gets his head put on a platter. John was a prophet. (Matthew 14 and Mark 6)
..."I am Lazarus, come from the dead..."
Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead as recorded in the Bible. (John 11)
This paragraph refers to the amount of overprotection present in modern parents. Many parents are so worried about the idea that their child may end up injured in some fashion that they are not willing to let their children romp and play as a child should. Parents will bend over backward to ensure that their children remain safe throughout their life, but this intense bubble wrapping prevents them from learning about the dangers of living through personal experiences. Many parents also force their children to take part in activities the child is not particularly fond of because the parent never got to do it themselves. A parent may force their child to play the violin because they want their child to become a great violinist not because the child wants to do it.
