I spy a land where anything is possible.

All the mind can picture made manifest.

I see it all because I feel like I have seen it all.

That land somewhere between sanity and insanity.

A place I do not always enter willingly.

And I am terrified.

***

Please cover me like a parent does a kid.

Bring me the comfort I cannot seek myself.

The courage to lay my head upon the pillow without fear.

The monsters in the dark have learned to feed in the way that works best.

Bypassing every defense I have.

The right blanket still seems to work.

***

Cover me in that softness I need from you.

I get enough rough from the abyss.

It is so much easier to find new methods for pain than comfort.

Tried and tested like a professional.

I am so tired of testing.

But that cover is still out there and I must find the right one.

***

Cover me to isolate me.

Break my eye contact with the horrors.

End my endless vigil.

So I might not be tempted to peek again.

Falling asleep in your easy embrace.

Cover me and return me to just myself.

***

I seek to remain undivided.

Rejecting all that does not belong to me.

Cold warded away so my heart might remain warm.

Keeping the fear apart with a simple piece of cloth.

I trust you to always be there.

My perfect cover will always know me best.