Floating Raft

I saw a reflection in the water

Of something sinking even farther

Than I’ve ever known

The current dragged them into the dark and cold

Twisting and contorting into the unknown

Shakes me to the bone

But would the floating raft come my way

Take me high or to the gates

Anywhere but here

Charon looked at me and said no mercy

All the gold and blood couldn’t save me

An end without ending

Rejected and cast out into Acheron

An expressionless ghost that forever longs

Forever questioning

I watch the floating raft sail away

The beacon that dims as it fades away

Anywhere but here

I saw a reflection in the water

Of something sinking even farther

Than I have ever known

Shakes me to the bone