four robins

There are four robins 

in the woods 

at the end of 

The River Styx. 

In the woods 

I had a talk 

about the river, 

about my fear of crossing. 

I had a talk 

with a ghost, 

that replaced my old fear, 

with a new fear. 

Of the ghost, 

of the end, 

of living longer than my flesh, 

of seeing four robins circle me again.