We were left alone
Without food
Without clothes.
It was dark
And all we could do
Was sleep on couches
That would squeak
And sag.

Cries from a rodent
Woke us all
The desperate anxious
Cries of a mammal
Trapped
Then silence.

The night rolled
On
With the vigour
Of a dragon
Silently
Only rising to
Invoke
Damage and terror
And steal treasure

Dawn came too softly
With a bang
But the day was
Only there to rest and think
As we marched forward
Towards the
Sevidical
Night.