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