Koie: The fear of the dark is a primal fear. It is the fear of the unknown - the unseen. As a child, the darkness has a presence - a weight - a tangible substance. It makes you question what once familiar objects are in the dark. Staring at something so hard, fixed in fear, wondering if it moved or your eye did. You pull in your limbs from the edge of the bed to keep them from the unseen fingers creeping up the side. It is that spine tingle that sends you racing across your room as soon as the light is turned off. Even now as an adult, the darkness still has its way quickening your step as you cross a dark parking lot to your car.
