Behind Closed Doors

Closet doors inched open, closing,

Chinks of light, sudden darkness

Spectres passing ‘tween two plains,

Wraiths hovering at the edges,

Assisted suicides, freed from pain.

Whispered sanctions, these punishments,

Listing corpses,

One breath from death,

Nudged doors creaking, unseen movement,

Corridors traversed with stealth.