from my past to now

In my youthful follies gone
I stood away from crowds alone,
Loud and proud in thinking
I thought, the world to be sinking
In ice, and every stranger was dead and cold
Like the scriptures plainly foretold.
The world in depths of darkness was dark
And out of the darkness came no spark
Of light
So i inadvertedly became used to the night.

It was like I was buried in darkness then
And if anyone could see me from behind
Then his eyes is undoubtedly blind.
And has the world(since then) gotten worse ?
Yes. Now it is as ghastly as a ghost