duration of the crossing
Herb Kauderer
every renewal of faith
in love & romance
is paler
a white marble gravestone
to innocence
a glowing personal Charon
guiding us each across
our own River Styx
a river that flows
with the melted bodies
of fears & hopes
on the far shore of the river
lies the final death of hopes
all that varies
is the duration
of the crossing
