My mind is at ease; more than ease, it is on standby. I am unfeeling to my surroundings. I am numb to all except my thoughts. I am in a disassociative state. I am not present, but I am here. I am trapped. The light has dissipated and dark has prevailed once more. I want to be illuminated from the inside out. I am barren today. I am dark today; hollow and impenetrable. Yet, your words penetrated. Words. Not words. Truth. They were not merely compiliations of vowels and consonants. They were not used only because they are known. They were simple. They were simple and they were honest. They were not only words. They were real. They were meant. Those words illuminated me.