I never close my window shades.
Not even when I'm undressing at night with my light on.
I simply stay back as far away from the window as possible.
I won't close my window shades.
I won't shut out the final rays of the outside world.
I need my Big Girl nightlight
To shut out the dark things inside me.
The dark things that sometimes ooze out of me.
I can't close the window shades.
I will have to open them again.
I will fear what may have appeared behind them while they were closed.