I'm not afraid of the dark, anymore, and I'm not afraid of the nightmares, it's the waking up from them I don't like. Screaming out in the dark used to bring them running, but I don't do that anymore, not even when he's already there. After all, why would you make life more complicated than it already is, when you can scream inside your head for hours and hours and be sure that you will never have to stop, that you will never have to breathe hard or fast or smell the hot humid air all around you, no-one will ever see, no-one will ever hear. No one will ever know. You can try and sit vigil by the streetlights until the sun saves you again, but not even they are witness to the things that bump against your life in the night. Cry for me, if you feel like, if you think your empathy can bring me some pity I don't need, but don't leave the light on. No one will ever know. Don't leave the light on. No one will ever know.
Goodnight.