The Light Pole

January, 2023, Adobe Photoshop

When I was growing up, there was a tall light pole at the center of my grandparents' property. While walking there at night, I felt drawn to that small patch of visibility and would run through the darkness to sit at its base. But I realized that standing under it lit me up with a spotlight, meaning that everything could see me, but I could not see anything else. I always wondered what it would be like to sit there all night and watch the dark. Would the vehicles come to life and run me down? Would creatures walk out of the woods, or swim out of the moonlight?