Don’t look at the empty window.
There is nothing there but darkness.
You traveled hours to this remote cabin.
Not another soul is in these woods but you.
Why would that window be anything other than empty?
Don’t look at the empty window.
You are miles away from anyone else.
What are you looking for anyways?
Do you want to see something behind the panes?
No, that would terrify your recumbent self.
Stop looking at the empty window.
Try to fall asleep.
Try not to think about that damnable window.
Let the sounds of the midnight forest serenade you to sleep.
Opossums and raccoons and other critters scavenge about the leaf litter.
The night is theirs; the night is yours to slumber.
At last sleep weighs heavy on your mind.
You can finally drift into the dreamlands.
Somnolence smothers any remaining stray thoughts.
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TAP, TAP, TAP!