River Styx

Awakening

slowly

unsure

where I am

how I got to be here

why am I on a boat?

I sit up

silent

wary

watching the river glide by

or is it I that is gliding?

Behind me

silent

grim

poles Charon….

I know exactly where I am

yet how did I get here?

No memories

no hatred

no pain

wait no pain?

Where has the fear

the anguish

the terror gone?

Replaced by a sense of…..

peace.

The jetty

abuts the riparion

I gingerly step out

wondering

where I am suppose to go?

I turn to ask

but Charon is gone

leaving me alone

upon the River Styx

awaIting the next guardian

who will help me

to move forward.

Sept. 12/18

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