blind souls

this is erosion,
- degradation of the mind -
insidious, rooting veins
corrupting emotions
and wearing away even the
most stoic temper.

Can there be a day of peace?
can there be a pause
in the fade?
Just once, can we step
Forward
instead of back?

this is cancerous;
this infiltration
of ignorance.

I've never seen so many blind souls.