What are you afraid of, now that the world has shut down?

What are you afraid of, now that the world has

shut down? WRITTEN BY ASHLEIGH NORTH

Is it the uncertainty, the waiting? That normal doesn’t exist anymore in your normal living spaces? Is it not knowing- what it means to be ‘back to routine’; where the next paycheck is coming from; how to find meaning wwithout stimulation, distraction, human interaction?

Is it trying to remember what day it is, which pill you didn’t take, what lesson you’re missing, to eat— not to eat— why you’ve been sleeping for 15 hours a day?

You, the girl with the wide eyes, opened mouthed. Listless. What are you scared of? The quiet in the middle of night wraps itself around you, tightens around your chest. Breathe in, breathe out. You fear as you lay to sleep that this will stretch on and on. Limbo. A permanent, deafening silence that eats up the world and leaves you shivering in your bed.

Now, you’re scared of the dark again.