#myth references

I will gladly take

these flames,

swallow them whole,

until smoke

seeps out between my lips,

until the hot coals beneath

my feet,

scorch my heels to dust

I'll walk through your hell,

your disaster

and Eurydice once knew of

this place,

with her tongue charred,

lips black from the smoke

along with Orpheus all too

familiar

with its horrors,

its river of shadows,

its dirt beneath his

fingernails,

as he clawed his way out,

Eurydice on his

shoulders

and dear, if you cannot help but

look back,

in this place we've found

ourselves in,

to witness my final breath,

my body turned corpse,

corpse turned ash,

know that I

loved,

know that I

suffered