Veil

The thing he can not express
The dress
That never was
Because …

Words he can not speak
Leave him weak.
Should he seek
For answers from the Mother Superior
Or her inferior?

The inferior speaks the truth.
Does the roof
Then fall in
Exposing Mother Superior’s sin?

Oh how frail
Is the veil
Separating heaven from hell, and how easy to expose
The fact that the emperor has no clothes …