The darkness surrounds me like
A comforting blanket, warming me from
The inside out. I shut my eyes and revel
In the stillness surrounding me; only the sound
Of my steady breaths -in, out, in, out- fill my ears.
I draw my body inward, wrapping myself
Around myself. I don't like the space
That I can't see in the darkness.
Nightmares hide there, twining themselves
Around my arms so I can't move. So I wrap myself
In myself and the blanket of the dark.