““I couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t just go to sleep. Maybe I do now. Because tonight I find myself dreading it: the lying down, the closing of eyes, the darkness and the emptiness. The wilderness of dreams. It’s midnight. It’s one. It’s two. It’s almost three. I force myself into the bed. I lie down and close my eyes. I try to give in to the darkness. The emptiness. But I can’t. Not that I’m afraid. I’m not. I know that nightmares can’t actually hurt me.””
