De Profundis

Out of the depths

Night standstill

Engulfed in darkness

Shadows cast eerie forms

Fearsome vestige of things to come

Ebbing slowly in the gloom

A foreboding caveat

Cowering apprehensively

Holding on to a forgotten reverie

Awaken by the light of day

Released from trepidation

Freedom! It cried out…

But only until twilight