Moonlight:

An idea once – was
change upon us
fair payment to
roles that served
denial of the greed
that claims, the feminine curve
instead of the masculine line –
no one realized power begets a cunning
so intent on holding on…bloodless fingertips
hold the cliff’s edge
rather than let go and fall
into the belly of grace, that serpentine
twist
arms and hands folded across the stomach
where the world is both about to be born
again
and remain as it always has –
giver of life
the great change agent that takes this flesh
and turns it into gold.