Hello.

I love you. I love you more than you shall ever know.

I'd like to talk to you. We could sit here for a while, and just talk. Wouldn't you like to talk, get some things off your chest? I'm so nervous around you, but I think we could be friends. I'd like to know more about you. What are all your favorite things? I'm sure I'd like some of those too. Are you sure those are your favorite? I'd like to show you something more, I could let you know what is in your heart, but take care. I think the light is so much more frightening than the dark, don't you?

There are dark things in this world, and I am the one who illuminates them. There are things that I wish could keep you from. There are things that you never need to see. I want to keep you as you are forever.

Let me close your eyes.

Run to bed like you always do. Run from the night, from the darkness, and under your sheets. Run into my arms, so that I may feel you as you relax. Run from the the monsters that lay opposite your blanket: your gray faced grins, your black-haired girls, your empty and red eyes, your stitched up corpses behind the bedroom door, and let me talk to you as you near uneasy unconsciousness. My caress is not gentle, I'm so sorry that you don't remember where those bruises come from. You always worry about me as such: I trip you, and you blame your own feet. I tap my fingers on the tip of your spine, and only when you're alone do you turn around to look for me. I smile in the corner of your eye, and you swear you've seen something.

Don't run away, it's only me.

I am inside of you. I feel your heart. I feel the sudden cold. I feel your stomach drop and churn whenever you think of me. I feel every strange urge. I feel every hot tear. I feel every hollow laugh. I know your feelings better than anyone else ever could. You always try to find me, but to no avail. I am only the one who conducts your dreams, so let me close your eyes, let me talk to you, let us go deeper.

I want to reveal your subconscious, and watch as you grow older in moments and your eyes glaze over with your new-found knowledge. I want to watch your desires grow stronger, more true to yourself. I want to watch you lose your innocence as you delve ever deeper. I want to be there for you every night.

Dream of me, stay a little longer.

When your eyes flutter open, and you find that you are stiff and can not move, you will see my tall shadow standing over your bed. I will only watch, it is your choice to close your eyes to me once more. It is your choice to hate me, to try and send me away, like you always do. I only grow stronger, and one day we can part. We can always talk, I can show you what's important to me, I can show you what the world truly is. We could be together until your dying breath.

I'm so glad to see you dreaming, but I wish you wouldn't run from me. I never meant to hurt you, I only want you to be safe. I only want you to know who you and I are. I want you to understand the deepest corner of your mind. I wish you wouldn't die because of me.

You are gone. I don't remember that person anymore. I don't think they were important.

Hello.

I am watching you. I am with you. I am your fear. I am your madness. I am your everything.

I love you.

I love you more than you shall ever know.

Won't you be my friend?

Dream with me.