Most people avoid the dark. They see imaginary ghosts and mystical creatures.

I suppose I should explain the type of darkness I am speaking of.

It’s the kind that settles in your closet once the sun sets. It’s the sort that makes you back away from the creepy shed. This darkness inflicts fear and pain.

But it is all a disguise, a defense. It protects what’s in the darkness.

What is in the darkness and shadows you ask. No one knows. The shadows of anxiety and fear do a pretty good job of keeping secrets.