audience with the forest

Slipping through the forest empty
starry skies and eyes ablaze
I will make my knowledge spoken
laid upon the eyes that gaze

There was a man who sailed the river
he had lost the path to home
he had brought a pact to give them
Old ones sewn of flesh and bone

The river swelled and begged to differ
offering him helpful tones
he had lost the voice of reason
selling souls and deeds to thrones

However did I come to seek you?
How long have I been out here searching?
How did I get so lost from home?

The words crept out from hidden shadows
pointed him to thickened thorns
this man was built of buried envy
and shrouded guilty tomes
the forest bent and crept to stop him
with whispered hopeful undertones

This man was none to bargain
he had brought a flint and stone
he sang amongst the ancient dwellings
while all around him forest burned
and in three separate voices
the man called out a plea
come back to face the music
step forth and set me free
take back your force created
reclaim the sheltered screams
rule once as you'd intended
bring mankind to it's knees