The River Lethe

5th poem in the album Plea from the Dark, written 5/5/14.

Come to the River Lethe,

Embrace its infinite waters.

Drink from its sweet flow of forgetfulness.

 

Place in it your hope and trust,

As it washes away decay and rust.

 

Drink, drink before you learn

Life’s waters sweet will bitter turn.

 

Drink, drink before you see

The nothing life has promised thee.

 

Drink, drink and before your eyes

You’ll soon forget your desperate cries.

 

Let its waters within flow

To wash away the defeated past.

Partake in it and you will know

Your bitter memories no more will last.

 

Away with the tears, the guilt and the shame.

Allow its waters to cleanse your pain.

 

When the truth becomes too much to bear

All life’s worries will no longer care.

 

Come to the River Lethe,

Drown yourself in its comforting flow.

Embrace this false reality.

Reviews

[Susan Beth Horvath]

this is so full of emotion and so flowing soft. It captivates the senses and melts upon the page. A wonderful pouring upon the screen.