heaven or high water

bad shine through drawn curtains
bear beleaguered bones to light
serpent's sacred slithering secrets
Aion bid a good fight

at crossroads pay hymn to Hermes
the Mercurial midnight run
a chastised Hades 
in Christ-locked dungeon
but Greek tales are never done

cross the dead man's mote once more
labor of love and loss
learn to steal what's properly man's
then nail it to the cross

in these darkened contents lie
the lie that shines within
serpent-stoned philosophorum
god and devil, kin