The Strongest Thing I Saw A Man Do

Dear dad, thank you.

I had a nightmare when I was six or seven. In hindsight it wasn’t particularly scary, but six year old me awoke in tears.

I was walking through pitch black - not even night - just blackness that negates every kind of light imaginable. At least I was not alone. With me, walking alongside me on either side were the Tin Man, The Scarecrow, The Lion, and Do…