Unsightly Love

revised

What is obscener than by love unseen Sacrificed hearts forgotten; now ignored For whom does it toll by some revised scheme All rites of passage now to be implored Past glories — contempt — sacrificial lamb Did not all past profits steal from its tufts Sacrificial lamb, the battering ram Stolen pain, but when is enough enough To seek shelter; warmth; a haven embrace Was not the milk and honey freely sought Were the enemies our heroes to chase A contingency of war before fought Do you now seek this new day’s victory Over whom; and to what doth prevail Is it by your own hand such sympathy As offered when you too were assailed Is it you or your savior who has wronged ‘Ready written, the past not forgotten Betrothed, an angel, Lucifer, once shone Fallen grace, the wrath of the begotten Is it not by his sword that comes the spring Doth not his curse panic the darkened wood If not by his sword, then who is thy king If not by his hand, then by whose sword could Earth holds his mastery, even by birds Sanctioned in flight over the looming herds