Charon's Obol Promise

Charon's Obol Promise

A Poem by T. N. Hodges
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               And so,
                  I welcome 
                          the most beautiful woman
                                I've ever known.
            A child in her bones,
                             and a heart 
                                 dipped in wine-
                 A Divine Messenger
                     with book in hand
                                  and a coin bag, 
                                        for when I am ready-

                                                                       Why come in frost?
                                                                     Why interrupt
                                                                   cracking ice?

With warmth on my shoulder
                           and barren glass to ease my nerves-
                                         four
                                    ink soaked sheets;
What I could muster
at this hour

                 And so,
        I wave goodbye
to the most beautiful woman
I've ever known.
Fare in mouth
Abiding
         at peace

© 2014 T. N. Hodges


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