By George Hunt

….. one day you will overcome what you’re going through now and it will become part of someone else’s survival guide. “

The room is always cold.  Heated blankets help at first, but eventually render themselves useless after fifteen minutes.  Darkness permeated the room.  My eyes were always well equipped to the dark.  A sense of calm would fall over me listening to the consistent sounds of the machines either pumping in fluids or taking them out.  You see fear truly did not set in until the overhead light turned on.  Light exposed everything.  Even my darkest secret(s).  I could expect that light every four hours.