Su Ben Poet Free verse

Is There Anyway To Cross the River Styx

one said that some cross the river paying the fare to Charon
the blunt old bearded ferryman, while others cross the waters 
with no money but the faith alone

it’s so simple and easy to step on the sands of dismal river Styx
because men of humble class shall die 
the monarchs and the noblemen die as well, 
because when the evil minded go the good conscious heart also has to go, because man dies the god must also die and vanish

for no exception but all is to die 
it’s so simple and easy to step on the sands of dismal river Styx

however, alas is the man with no money in his hand
or the faith in his heart, because the man has no means to 
cross the river but to shiver on the bank on this side and to watch 
the ferryboat going and coming without his soul

or else, to find the way back to the land and take a side-way 
with the great risk for there stands Cerberus, the enormous vicious 
three-headed dog, on the side-way guarding against trespassers

for he was never ceased wandering soul while on the face of earth,
he roamed around here and there to find a place to call his own
the place to dwell with the peace of mind, but unable to find one

only because he has no money or the faith,
though he spent his entire life as a wanderer on earth,
to abandon his weary soul on this side of the riverbank
and let him become a lonely wanderer again in the netherworld 
by the river Styx, isn’t this an overly harsh punishment?

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