Darkness Today

How long must the day last before the light seeps into the minds of those around me, who are filled with only darkness, deep, ugly darkness that slithers out and attacks those closest, causing their darkness to expand farther than the rolling fields or rocky mountains of the Earth, so that, by comparison, they are darker than the depths of the night where no stars play and no moon watches; darker than the cold, empty hole deep within the earth that has seen no light since the creation of time, and even then it was a mere glimpse. Time seems to only increase their dreaded hatred, expanding it and morphing it into something much worse that no word may describe; something colder than absolute zero and far worse than the unimaginable pain of torture received by an innocent soul, which has never seen death or anguish until that moment. This hated hate, this painful pain is in the very core of our lives today; it crushes souls before beautiful individuality is reached; it put outs the flame of the mind before it can grow wise beyond what is today. Strength is no longer measured in the currency of skill, creativity, or love, but by the dreaded hierarchy with which we had tried so hard to rid of ourselves. It is not social status as in the days of past, but in normalcy and hate. Helping hands no longer reach toward the cold beggar without a crumb; warm hearts no longer stretch out to those helpless. In the minds of most, there is nothing more than themselves and their everlasting darkness, so that all they see is empty abyss, all they hear is the voice which is produced by their own mouth, all they feel is the petty anger burning inside them, and all they taste is the putrid garbage pouring from their lips, contaminating those pure souls filled with light. Let the light flow forth from the earth, from all things living, and touch these who have lost it. Let it fill them once more so that the hate is replaced with, instead, joy; let love fill the pits of anger. Then, and only then, will we be able to once again survive.