If You Ask Again
If you ask again
I will never validate a wrong
If you ask
If you ever dare
To contest beyond the muted tongue
Of your self reluctance to yield
Dare to doubt the validity
Of the sanctuary
And ask for answer from my pity
The purpose of the church
Even if heaven
Was only to be some measure of joy
For the weary broken castaway
Outside the granite door
Of our marble ambivalence
Between the diamond and the coal
Not to say that mere sparkle
Is more useful than warmth
Glowing from the sprinkle of some love
But if you ask
Validating your irrationality
Against the greed of prelate
And the follies of erring priest
You licensed
To vicariously become
The wingless wing of winging dreams
Tumbling down the stairs of your belly
If you really want to know
Look at these forgotten one
That find where each scraps of mercy flow
From the iron mountain of the heart
And thank them
For the blow torch of the gospel
The moral rod
Of the literary hell
Beating wheat to garner chaff
Thank them that there is
Still a drop of kindness in the world
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