The nights get too dark, and I get too scared, of the monsters that would, come and hurt me in my dreams.
I had mama, keep that night light on for me, and, she had, for awhile, until, I’m, a bit older, and she told me, I was, too old, to be, afraid, of the monsters in the dark, that there are, NO monsters, lurking in the shadows.
what every child needs! Not my photograph…
But I see them, every single night, they’d, come out, from all the unseen places, where they’d, hid themselves during light, and, the night light that mama allowed me to keep, it used to, make me feel safer, ‘cuz if there’s light, then, the monsters won’t come!
Night light, stopped needing it since a long time ago, never really, actually been, afraid of the dark, like normal children (as if I was EVER normal???), besides, I’d, lived with a TON of monsters in my life already, and slowly, I got, desensitized, to all their threats.
like these??? Photo from online…
Night light, I will, allow you to keep one, long as you may need, and I will, stay close to your side, in case you ever, needed me, ‘cuz I know how it is, to grow up, all alone on my own, without ANY trusted adults who’ll, take care of me, and I will NEVER allow you to live like that!
Life, the Obstacle Course 