River of Blood

All in the title.

 

Yes, this is a river of blood

An ongoing sea of the Stygian Flood

It flows eternally and it is always night

Here there is nothing that can cast a light

It’s a home to the dammed and to the lost

It’s a home to those who will pay the cost

No one listens to their screams

No one sees their forgotten dreams

I float in this river far from heaven, close to hell

And I struggle to get out of my watery cell

You can’t free the dead

So, here I am in my river of red

Author's Note

I wrote this on Halloween 2008.