Skirting Byzantium
Constraints of bastard worship a pandemic detriment
Pallid ephemera in unfailing surrender
Curved sword of an orphaned prophet arcing ever northwards
To bleed dry the infidels and topple tents of Shem
Nomadic infusion of Judea an intercession
Papal scabs form in Constantinople
Lashing gales from dusted plains are parried
At a worm-eaten heart is aimed the requital
Assume defensive formations Ranks rearguarded by the Loire
Legions as edged partition Repulse encroaching hordes
A desolating storm born of southern skies raging forth unchecked
Hammer sweeps aside the clouds in combative deliverance
Raiding horsemen ravage the land for plunder both lustrous and of flesh
Pillage the meek places of worship Defile the wives and daughters of the harrowed
Mock issuers of helpless commands Vessels of lineage despoiled in tribute
Make sport of lugubrious wenches abroad Rois fainéants as leaves in a wind
Pour over the Pyrenees in horrific waves Flay whelps into submission
Like the trinity's remote dispersions in skirted Byzantium
So stretched thin marauders to lands Aquitainian
Refrain
Refrain
Wolf pelts would cloak the warriors who assembled where rivers meet
In blood and faith dwelled dissimilitudes to enable one to conquer the other
Six days of battle Again and again came the Saracen charge
Solidarity had been found in steadfast lines
Cavalry deployed to the invading posterior
Fractious results allowed manipulation
As it was before minarets murmured
Dementia usurped empyreal vanguards
Hammer forged in blood of a century's twilight
Beat back a tide which ran aground in desert
Refrain
Refrain