Ever since I was a young child,
I did not like the dark.
It started as the simple childhood imaginations -
Crocodiles under the bed,
Spiders crawling up my walls,
Monsters in the closet and dark corners.
Until...
The Monsters became real
And each night,
When he quietly crept through the curtain doorway
He would bring all the Monsters and my own personal gate of hell,
They followed him and clung to my fear like leeches
They silently screamed inside my head and refused to let up.
Now,
Almost two years later,
I still imagine those Monsters that once took over -
I cannot sleep with my bed in the middle of the room
I cannot sleep without the weight of blankets
I cannot sleep in complete darkness
Or I\'ll be up till the sun arises, having a silent panic attack until tiredness sweeps me of my feet and finally takes me in.
The darkness once overtook me
And deep down, I am still afraid of being consumed by it
But this time I will put up my strongest defenses
I will push the Monsters away
And I will fight my hardest to keep the light until my dying breath
Darkness will not consume me again.