River Kisses

Kiss me, River, cold and quick

With your lips of icy sorrow

Invade my mind with your watery thoughts

To your dark depths, let me be swallowed

Kiss me, River, long and sad

With your waves of heavy mourn

Drag me to the darkest place

And let me see the sun no more

Then, kill me, River, cruel and swift

Let your poison fill my lungs

Don’t let me escape this blessed nightmare

But love me when I’m gone.