The Dark

What is about the darkness that inspires men to put words to paper, invoke fear in children and cause the imagination to run rampant?

I thought of these questions each time I walked the stairs.

As I performed an hourly equipment check, I glimpsed out the window at the dark and wondered.

I let the fear of walking around a desolate building, alone, as a woman, in the middle of the night unnerve and inspire me.

Why am I afraid of the Dark?

Why are you?

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