Acedia

So we live another twilight day
Where ne'er night nor morn seem to come
Are we to ride the gloom to it's dismal end?
Outlast this acedia to which we have succumb?

As we are driven apart by greater forces
I fear that now each must face this beast alone
This monotonic melancholy of the mind
Drowns us all with infernal drone

You mayn't realise how listless it made you
As the internal fog grasped more solid form
An atmospheric apathy that surrounds
Increasing struggle now a daily norm

We must drive the acedia from ourselves
Though to do so alone is to surely fail
For this solitary plague we now endure
It is only together that we can prevail

I read about acedia at this link, and wanted to try to capture it in a poem - https://theconversation.com/acedia-the-lost-name-for-the-emotion-were-all-feeling-right-now-144058