Being afraid of the dark is a fear that children have. Being afraid of the monsters in your closet or under your bed are ones that you grow out of. For me, the darkness held a different monster. Not one that was hiding under my bed or in my closet, but one that was in the shape of a man, a father. I was a small child that had my innocence taken and was left to understand why. Life only got harder and my fears only greater as I grew up. A long dark road that never seemed to end. Each step forward seemed like a journey back. Never really able to hide from the monster that haunted me. A scared...