Shape-shifter

If there is a price, I'll pay the fee.
A bargain in words to water a seed,
and draw down the moon from forgotten tree.

I'll sit in my house with pipe and my tea
doing arcane acts on a floor strewn with reeds.
If there is a price, I'll pay the fee.

There is always The Quest to find some key.
I'm waiting around for some form of need
to draw down the moon from forgotten tree.

The murky ruler of the wine dark sea,
would I worship him to share in The Deed?
If there is a price, I'll pay the fee.

Follow the Tao?  It's all one to me.
Let the yin and yang explain basic need
to draw down the moon from forgotten tree.

The death of all symbols might set me free
from masters of form and all of their creed.
If there is a price, I'll pay the fee,
and draw down the moon from forgotten tree.

                   published in For the Love of Death, the early years, 2nd ed., S.I.N., 1993.