Realization

Wanderer scrutinizes dusty crumbling file
Mind carefully absorbing egregious lore
Hands shaking with unrelenting fear
Body gives into grief falling on leaden floor

Wanderer falls unconscious, glass helmet cracked
Radioactive powder flows into dying lungs
Skin turns to dry deathly paper
Spiteful words turned true, wrought by antagonistic tongues

Body given into overwhelming emotion
Will of iron finally shattered
But heart keeps beating, surrounded by dying body
Unrelenting soul inside still unscattered