Without Idols or Alters...

An alter
  alternative
Or another
  affectation
Or absent
  allegation

Empty monuments
  with no gawds
Within them
 hollowed hearts
  pouring out
and trying to void
  their voids

Negate the negative
Subjugate the subject
Objectify the object
Disclaim the disclaimers

What's there
  but can't be seen
Or can
  but none to clearly
What's missing
  or not quite found
Or long since gone
  and underground

 The Unknown
  implied
  denied
  assumed
Idols & Alters
  To What?
  For What?
  Or Not?

Without Idols or Alters
  what would there be?
Beyond Idols & Alters
  what
truth
morality
ideology
faith
...
  Would there
  Could there
be?

With no Symbol
 of the Ideal
how could such
 unknown abstractions
be treated as
  Real?

Without Idols or Alters
  what sacrifice
would be made?
To what?
For whom?
And Why?

Without Idols or Alters
  Could man become more
than beastly beliefs
or deviant disbeliefs

Without Idols or Alters
  Could Truth
    Remain,
    Be Found,
    Or Released?

Without idols or alters
  what idle alterations
might there be
to triumph or falter
or simply just concede?