Witch Stochastic

For a concept nearly universal,
The witch, in all its cultural contexts,
Is rarely sharply defined or portrayed.

The clamor of its vectors surrounds it—
Good and evil, ritual, contract, power,
Gender, wisdom, shame, injustice, revenge—

Amounting to mostly brownian noise,
Storms dominant in the key of random.
Who can control the claim to be a witch?

Emperors have played at being sages,
Queen mothers have orchestrated omens,
Haloing prophecies of succession,

But who would make themselves rulers of all
By performing heroic witchery?
Who has left the palace to be a witch?