I shut the light off.

Quick as a flash I run upstairs.

Before the darkness can swallow me whole.

I run into my bedroom

Gasping hard for my breathe to return.

I switch the bright light on.

I memorize the walkway in the room.

I shut the light off again.

I dash to the bed

As scared and frightened as a lost toddler.

I dive deep onto the bed .

Wrap myself in blankets.

I run away into my subconscious.

Where nothing can harm me.

And I can have pleasant dreams

About absolutely nothing

As free as a bird

To never return