The river circles

back and forth

hazy in dreams

brittle in name

clear in realization

when faced from its bank

 

Sliver for the ferry man

 

O river Styx

River Styx

 

No light reflects

back

from its black

water

 

The river circles

back and forth

life and death

here and after

snake before a trebling

step

 

O river Styx

river Styx

 

Once crossed never again

to be seen

as Hades blows

the memory of living

from the dead

 

The river circles

back and forth

its water eternal

deep

 

O river Styx

river Styx

swelled by the weeping

for the dead

who know not

anymore what tears

are for.