The Creation Of A Life

The Creation Of A Life I don’t know my name. I don’t know my birthday. I don’t have a family. These are just a few of the things in my life that I created. I remember waking up to the light. The brightest of lights was shining down on me. Looking around, I began to question my existence. I couldn 't remember anything. Actually, that’s not true I remember dying; or at least I thought that is what happened. The sensation of drowning was the only thing that remained clear in my mind. But, as it turns out, I was wrong. I survived. I survived the hurricane that otherwise took everything from me. I woke with a loud cough followed by a deep breath. Looking back, that breath was the beginning of it all. Although it wasn’t my first breath, it …show more content…

Bruised and battered. Similar to the neighborhood that enveloped me. A neighborhood I couldn’t remember. In a time of naivety, I tried to reach for him. The smallest of movement caused an unbearable, inordinate amount of pain. I screamed. He reached down and scooped me up. “Must be broken,” he reckoned. “Where am I?” I questioned. Nothing seemed to strike my memory. Not a person around. Not a scent. Not a scene. “Well darlin’ - you’re in the suburbs of New Orleans. Or rather, what’s left of it.” He seemed relatively calm considering our surroundings. “Left from what? How did this all happen? Why am I here?” It was baffling. The town looked dead at least the nonliving parts of it. He stopped walking suddenly, as if I’d done something wrong. “You don’t remember…?” He spoke clearly like he wanted my absolute full attention. “I… No. Should I?” “Yes. I would assume-” I cut him off, “Way to be blatantly honest.” He took a step around a large tree that had fallen down completely and crushed a small home. “What is your name?” Looking down at myself, I didn’t know. In fact I couldn’t remember anything about myself at all. “I… I don’t know.” “Well then, I s’pose I should give you a name then, just until you remember.” I smiled. He didn’t need to do anything for me yet, it seems like he keeps doing more and more. “How do you feel about Estrella? Where I come from it means the star, like the kind in the sky. To me, it seems as though