Links of steel forever bind me,
Links of Iron from the start.
Links of chain drag me down now,
Links of steel never part.
Links that grip me left their mark
In my head and on my heart.
Will these shackles ever leave me?
Links of steel never part.
Links twined round one the other,
Each began long and straight,
Bent with fire, force, then smothered,
Now in cold embrace weight.
Links to the past without end,
Even in death they remain,
Forged in hate, love and sin
I\'m ever grappled in this chain.
Links of steel never part.
Augustus / Folsom / October 2016