Handmaiden

My god told me

My power is vested in you

To obey me is to love

Me more than yourself 

You must support 

Your menfolks and 

Your girls must learn

To become handmaidens

You help yourself 

By getting the power

To your special cohort

Silently wield my power

To you and yours.

I the handmaid must

Not show that the goal

Is to control females

To reinstate the patriarchy 

But in my god’s name

To render service to men

In democratic institutions 

Under the guise of a strong 

Female figure - pulled 

By secret societies 

Like a doll on strings

I become the instrument.