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The Tumid River of Acheron (the journey) Part 1 Dark the tumid, rushing waters flow where man most wisely fears to go Liquid blackness sings of epic pain torture, misery and cries of insane Echoes of evil Eperius in the West shadow realm where evil never rests Black ship of Kharon eternally sail into the sunless land of a dark hell Land those lost , family and friend exists for all wicked women and men Black abyss where Apollo never walks lost souls ripped by screeching hawks Forever filled by rowboat conveyed miserable, crying souls are relayed Crossing the tarn of Acheron then cursing future torments for all men Seething waters set to ever separate those lost into future tortured Fate Father of evil waters from which sprang the Styx of which man's curses rang Flowing stream holding back evil foul where tortured spirits scream and howl Acheron, into a lake of scorching heat where demons play with souls they eat Delivered shadows fall on prayers cast vanity briefly soothes, forever lasts Prayers sinking like river cast stones dreams birthed from dead skin and bones Waters that wrap around Haides evil realm with Daimon, the dark Lord at the helm Gushing forth from the bowels of rock mighty blackened waters rise to shock Upon its moving mass of wretched stink poison so lethal no mortal man may drink Kharon, the ferryman awaits at the oars to deliver the lost upon evil's shores Far below the path of Mariandyni coast the Acheron ferries victims to its host Loaded with spirits of cries and moans Kharon laughs at all the misery groans From the south shore of the black sea in sun's light never again will they be Many are the tales of Acheron's fame its victims steeped in sin and shame Anguish rises as dark waters deliver the wretched lost to painfully quiver In this dark abhorrent , torturing Hell those embracing lustful sin into evil fell Robert J. Lindley, 09-13-2014 note: This is part one. The journey into HAIDES by way of crossing the Styx. The river Styx is actually an off shoot of Acheron that splits into the Styx and the Cocytus. Part two now has two lines written. It will be titled , Haides and Tormented Souls (the Dwelling).. I have no preset limit to the second part, may be longer or shorter. I suspect it will be even longer. I hope the readers enjoy this write. I wanted to do something dark and move away from all my love, romance and Nature writes. A bit of variety to stir my imagination...
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