Nightlight

About how some older people need a nightlight, and how I am judged for it. Some of us wake up from ptsd or other reasons, and we need some light to know where we are and that we are safe.

I wish I had this nightlight 

Because I was afraid of monsters under my bed 

Instead I have this nightlight 

Because of the monsters in my head 

Waking up screaming 

Not knowing where I am 

A nightlight guide the way 

To help me understand 

That I am safe

That I am okay 

The lights shows me where I lay 

My post traumatic stress 

Has made me quite a mess

I am twenty years old 

Too grown up, as I've been told 

To have a nightlight 

If only those who judge 

Could wake up in the night 

With my illness and fright 

Goodnight 

Author's Note

Probably need to remove "goodnight" from the end.