Ascension Valentine

That some would like to make it so
And push us down to competing animals
Into a war of all against all
That some would like to turn it all
Into a moving drama of facts
Designed to avoid the central act
That some would like to choke off
The spring just as it begins to bubble up
Into a searching stream
That some would like to be cruel and mindless
While the rest are carried along
Yet I still have hope for mercy
That it must be boundless when it comes
If it would keep us strong