Take My Hand

Inhale. Exhale
Inhale. Exhale.

The steady rhythm of me breathing calms me. I'm swimming in an ocean in my mind. I'm floating endlessly, nothing but water around me. I close my eyes again, or at least I think I did.

Ar my eyes closed or are they open?
I can't tell, all I see is the darkness. Nothing changes and I feel nothing. I'm just in this sea of nothingness and I can't hear anything.

My heart beats faster and I begin to panic.

How do I get out of here?

How did I get here?

Where is here?

Better yet.....who am I?

Who am I?

My breathing hitches and my heart races.

Who am I?
What am I?

I let out a mangled and choked sound, not a yell or a gasp. In fact I don't know what type of sound I made really but it was something. Like a mix of a cry and a cough, not a sob more like a....

"Nngh-" Then I find myself toppling over, light flooding into my eyes. I look up only to find that the light had came from a small crack in the wooden ceiling. A man stands in front of me, his hair black and eyes lifeless. He stares down at me and then I notice other men surrounding him.

"Who are you. you stall away." He asks harshly.

How can I answer something I don't know myself?