VILLANELLE FOR JUSTICE
By Wayne Visser
She rages against the fading of light,
Making the world less bitter, less dark:
Her moonlit passion shines out in the night.
When shadows are growing to ominous height;
When justice corrodes and leaves acid marks:
She rages against the fading of light.
Each time that she finds a victim in plight,
She’s looks for a flash of luminous arc:
Her moonlit passion shines out in the night.
When tyrants defend their merciless right;
When gaps still get wider, contrasts more stark:
She rages against the fading of light.
In stormy dark seas where money is might,
Where bankers and landlords feed like a shark:
Her moonlit passion shines out in the night.
Her fire gives me wings, her love gives me flight,
And helps me to face my fears of the dark:
She rages against the fading of light,
Her moonlit passion shines out in the night.
Copyright 2011
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