Being

There was a time when

I was afraid of the dark.

So afraid, 

That I refused to leave my bedroom

At night

Because the monsters in the darkness there

I knew. 

Eventually I realized

That being afraid of the dark

Is really 

Just being afraid of the unknown.

And being afraid of the unknown

Means a person is unaccepting

Of change.

And that is simply 

Not who I choose to be.