Day 36: 12 am

Why are things scarier at night?

Why did my coat hanging in the corner turn into a hooded figure?

Why do the patterns on my curtains look like moving creatures?

I promise tomorrow I’ll fix that creak in my floor

Oh, why won’t the tap stop dripping?

Was that a whisper I just heard?

Am I sleeping or am I awake?

Why did I choose to live alone?

Why do all those little problems now seem unsolvable?

Why can’t I just fall asleep like I did as a child?

Why won’t my mind just hush?

I’ll close my eyes

Lie still

Focus on silence

And the morning will rinse all these fears away.