I do not remember much at the beginning.

They gave me medicine to relax.

Maybe it is better that way.

So I can return to regular life as quickly as possible.

Unburdened by memories that will not serve me.

Maybe ignorance is better.

***

I sit inside a great machine.

Light strips strobing like it is trying to communicate to me.

Sounds that I could never conceive pounding and grinding through my entire being.

Maybe I am not where I think I am.

Perhaps I have really been abducted by aliens.

Sent fully away from the world I know.

***

A voice comes from sight unseen to reassure me occasionally.

It does not matter if it is real or not.

Does not matter if it is a trick.

The familiarity is all I have to feel human.

The white of the machine is blinding so I keep my eyes closed.

Better to not fight the abduction.

***

Yes, I had to have been abducted.

The alternative is even scarier.

That means that returning to regular life would not be as simple.

I do not want this to follow me.

I want this to be on a completely different orbit.

So yes, I would rather be on an alien spacecraft.