Jolting back into conscious wake
I look into the amorphous grey
Not knowing what is at stake
Am I friend, foe or merely prey
…
A flutter passing lightly touches
The corner of my pulsing eye
Forgotten gloom my heart clutches
They walk among us pass us by
…
They lurk concealed by light
Only by darkness fully revealed
And the only one we can fight
Is our own smothering shield