Weightlessness.
That was as far as I could remember.
No memories of the past.
Who I was.
Who I wanted to be.
Who I was going to be.
All of it was gone.
I only felt my body,
As it plummeted from the sky.
Destination unknown.
Harsh wind blew my hair in all directions
As I flickered between consciousness,
And unconsciousness.

Then my vision shifted,
From blue skies decorated with clouds.
To black.
I allowed my consciousness to leave me.
Although,
I was certain it wouldn't last.

An impact with something I couldn't sense.

Water flooded my lungs.

I awoke.

My breath abandoned me,
bubbles cascading away from my lips.
far above to the surface of the water.
That was where they escaped.

where they would pop.

Silently.
Without a sound.

My eyes opened slowly.
I could see the light shining from the sun,
Far away from the crystalline waves I dwelled in. My lips were parted, eyes never fully opening.

I didn't know who I was,
I realized as consciousness finally left me.
I had a name.
That was all I knew.

Nothing of the life I led.
How I acted.
Who my family was.
Where I came from.
A pale red light reached my mind.
The light was comforting.
Unlike the obsidian black of my vision.

My name...
Is Mikaela Shindo.

I cannot remember who I am.

Why is that?

Who deprived me of all I knew?

I may have known.

I no longer know the answer, however.

So
I allowed the darkness to take me.

With no known
beginning,
present,
or end,

I accepted my fate.