Night

At night,

most minds have shut off like unplugged computers.

There is an engulfing silence;

the longer you stay aware of it,

the more it drags you into its steady stream

and wiggles its way into your ears,

then your nose and your mouth,

filling your head with the bad sort of

wonder--

the gnawing sort.

if you thought the thoughts of others were scariest,

you ought to stay in that silence with nothing

but your own.