Pledge

Pledge

Pagan drums in the night

Secret ritual beyond sight

Naked bodies dancing, entwined

Clasping hands in sacred bind

Pledge of body and soul, and mind

Love forever, transcending time

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

I don't know how to love, at least not anymore. I think perhaps being able to love and be loved is a skill that few have, and many more forget.

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

Kiss

It must have been that fateful kiss

On such a mournful night as this

That returned me, from the melancholy

An escape from a life of mortal folly

Eyes so deep and dark as coal

To steal from me, my heart and soul

My desperate longing to forever drown

Inside your arms, inside you on the ground

Passioned sighs and sweet caress

This all enduring tenderness

Can you remember, do you dare

Our lustful, loving moment there

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

Deeper Darkness

If you've never felt desperation

How can you know me now

The heartache and desolation

Feel like home somehow

When what's good is abandoned

And you've cried and ran away

You lack the strength to stand and

To face another day

When the pain is so welcome

And no more your foe

When that time has come

You will then truly know

Why I embrace my deeper darkness

And let my demons grow

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

Remember

Stolen from far-off distant sand

To bleed and die on stolen land

Ebony skin creased in pain

Forced to work for others gain

Remember and do not forget

The gruesome fate these people met

Fallen so low to struggle here

All so that we may appear

To cast the pale kings from their bloody throne

And guide their souls back to their home

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

To Whom It May Concern

To whom it may concern

l once lived long ago

A distant fading memory

That you would never know

My life was dreams and passion

With nothing real to show

And now I lay forgotten

Unable to let go

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr