Who am I?!

Black. Like a blindfold before my eyes. And then, all was clear. Why hadn't I seen it before? It made so much sense!
Finally! I was free of this paralyzing weight on my consciousness.
But, now, what's to become of me now that I know? Has it all been for nothing, am I nothing more than a shell of that great thing I had been?

...

What have I become?

Crash Landing

As the captain turned the seat belt sign on, I swore that this time around would be just as good and as fortunate as the previous one. As I looked out the cabin window the sun was just dipping beneath the cloud line; what a beautiful sight. I had just finished my meal of fillet Mignon and salad when suddenly, the plane jerked, but only for a second. Then it happened again, more violently. The stewardess told us not to worry, that it was just turbulence, but I could see panic in her eyes. I wondered if things like this happened often. I looked out the window again. The plane was now below the cloud line in a low, jerky descent. I could see a storm billowing in the distance, lightning crashed on the horizon. The turbulence lessened until it was apparently over. The pilot said we would be landing soon.
A man next to me placed his hand over mine and smiled at me comfortingly. "Don't worry, everything will be alright." I thanked him and tried to think of things to keep me calm until we were safely on the ground.
And then, without warning, a blinding light engulfed my body and I felt myself being pulled up. I tried to grasp onto something to keep from floating away but I found none. Then there was a pain, first all over my body then it was concentrating around my neck. I tried to scream but no sound escaped my lips. I began to cry as the pain became almost too much to bare. I couldn't breathe; the air felt as though it was being drawn from my lungs. I was suddenly very cold and wet. I wanted to die.
And then it stopped.