Punished
Steeples, metal-dull and tower
Stand skyward like lashes
Long o'er guarding
Eyes of Walls--
Some prayers are answered,
Some not at all--
They of the prayers are showered
And fed and kept well
(As well as well regarded)
And promptly punished for their sins--
So the binded marching never ends
Nor locks upon the cells--
And the tears the Walls never see
Are the prayers they never tell--