Times have changed
I used to sleep with the lights on
every single night for fear of
ghosts of my past lurking around
in the darkness
until one day I realized the only thing that
is willing to give me a fright is the daunting task of atually sleeping and
masking the darkness with artificial rays of sun cannot protect me from myself

Times have changed
I used sleep with my lights off and was
only surrounded by the background noise of my dimly lit television in fear of the whispers that may come from the shadows
until one day I realized I cannot mask the voices I hear in my head with artificial noise

Times have changed
I sleep in solitude knowing I am the problem