Calmly Without Fear

07 September 2025

https://poems.culturing.net/2025/09/calmly-without-fear/

Wash me clean, O waters of Lethe,
and fill me with the power of forgetting.
It is but a moment we traverse here,
on our way to forever, but you, sweet waters,
are the needed salve, the balm to make all memories
(yes, even those of Lenore) disappear.
It has been done and must be done with proper care,
lest darkness conquer all, but with a bit of force
all is made new. And as for you, be true,
but do not cling too long to truth, because these waters
beckon calmly without fear.