Lethe

by SCARECROW   Jan 12, 2005


Lethe is one of the rivers that separate Hades (aka the underworld, Hell) from the land of the living. The five rivers are
Acheron - the river of woe
Cocytus - the river of lamentation
Phlegethon - the river of fire
Lethe - the river of forgetfulness
Styx - the river of hate
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Rosebud drowning in a sea of petals.
Courtship rise, the past year dying.
Crying dewdrops onto the grass,
as the sky rains teardrops onto the floor.
The butterflies dance in joy,
now a nefarious chant.
The necropolis of existence
is no longer an empty entity.
It begins to crawl with life,
such forgetfulness.
Choleric is my incubus.

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  • 18 years ago

    by ashley

    I really like this poem too!!

  • 19 years ago

    by Rachel Moore

    this is...wonderful

    there are alot of things i love in poem and meaning is definatly one of them
    nice job
    <3

  • 19 years ago

    by blackrose1011

    wow, lots going on in such a little poem! It is realy well written! I like it, and you oviously did some research into your topic of choice. Picking the best words is so important! Love your poem!

  • 19 years ago

    by Missing Angel Juan

    i like how you play around with words of different 'emotion' (or whatever, it's the holidays, i dont like the thesaurus) and sometimes they're almost the antithesis of each other but you make them somehow compliment each other terribly well.

  • 19 years ago

    by Amilo

    I like it. Although your use of language to portray the scenes are not unheard of... ex. "Sky rains teardrops...butterflys dance in joy", I did like the vividness. I am questioning about the inner meaning, of the poeml, though.....but great work.

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