Upon waking from brief escape,

I’m anxious, timorous.  

Sky’s darkest blue is unrecognizable.

For all-consuming shades and shadows,

Blanket dreary these cold, unknowable hours.

Is it morning or midnight?

I tuck my exhausted heart beneath the crumpled duvet,

And await a calm of light.

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d’Verse prompt this week: blanket (44 word quadrille form)