A monochromatic portrait rendered in Gokita's signature muted, smoky tones captures the bleary, hollow gaze of a young adolescent suspended in that restless liminal space between wakefulness and exhaustion. The figure's features are simultaneously softened and obscured through his masterful manipulation of acrylic and gouache on linen, blurring the boundary between presence and absence. There is a quiet psychological tension in the work, evoking the particular loneliness of youth spent wide awake in the dark.