Dead Souls
I sat down by the River Styx
grappled with pain
of stinging blackness
Dead souls across the river
ride of life and death
elevator of existence
cascading to bottomless pit
Dead souls across the river
ferryman looks straight ahead
sensing endless journey
from one world to next
Dead souls across the river
coffins split wide open
tormented souls flailing
a solo glacial passage
Dead souls across the river
hitchhikers step to onyx side
tasting speed in which they sail
cold breeze in knotted sky
Dead souls across the river
birds of prey spear entrails
frozen pallor of death
seething water of man’s curse.
Dead souls across the river
warning cries of timid ancestors
proclaim icy slinging of mud
pale white horse of death
Dead souls across the river