The Road Revisted

I'm afraid of dying this way. Alone in a big house, with the lights on, with complete blackness outside. I'm consistently afraid of being the last person alive in a suburban nightmare. It's strange, I feel much safer in a city downtown than in the tree-filled outer layers. When I was young my bedroom window looked out on a 6 lane highway, so that was probably an influence. There's just something that terrifies me about my neighborhood, even though I can easily see into the house next doors' window. It's just not close enough.