A Nature's Revelation

[heslopian]

This is, to an extent, a confessional poem, and I have a tendency, when writing such, to throw in details from my private life, without considering how they'll be read by those unfamiliar with their context. Hence problematic phrases like "obscene altar". Basically, the woman in this poem has gone mad, and a facet of that madness is a distorted religion. She makes her own altar, and uses God as an excuse for her absurd behaviour. She's then taken to an institution. She was kind and sensible, in spite of her illness, but then the latter overtook and she became insane. Thank you very much, justcloudy, for making me realise how obscure these details are When I come to edit this, I'll see if I can add some explanatory lines.
"Rivalled" is British English, yes, and my only intention with it was to convey that the measure of her kindness was equalled only by the measure of her sense and clarity. Imagine a pair of scales bearing similar weights. Thank you again, justcloudy, for pricking my pretension with your kind and thoughtful comments; I need to realise that cohesion is more important than confession