darkness

When I was younger I was always afraid of the dark. I used to have a night light next to my bed, the door open with the light outside my room on and my wardrobe door firmly shut. I'm still not sure what I was afraid of, was it the monster under my bed? Or was he in my wardrobe or outside my room? Was I afraid of a murder coming into my room and kidnapping or murdering me? 

To this day I am still unsure why I was afraid of the dark, maybe I was afraid of the unknown.