I am a shadow in the darkest depths of your dreams. A hidden message in your daytime thoughts. There is no way around me. I am your fear of falling off a deathly-high cliff, or your fear of the ocean deep. A snake waiting in the tall grass to lunge at you, attacking your neck, and forever sealing you in my realm.

For as you can see, I am not what you think. No. I am not your actual fear, but rather, I am your thought of fear. The thought that brings shivers down your spine and raises the hair on the back of your neck. The idea that above all else, you don’t want to relive.

I am your mind. I am something that you will never get away from. For no matter how long you sit there, thinking of all the happy things in your life, I will always be there, lurking in the shadows, waiting for you to fall prey to me once more…