Magic

Is it any wonder

That we find ourselves in dreams?

Wandering through a magic world

Where nothing’s as it seems.

When the world is crumbling all around

And there’s no solace in the day

When poverty, stress, death and disease

Seem to meet us every way.

In a land of fairies our souls will drift

While our vessels are bound to truth

And our minds will soar above the clouds

On the wings of a dragon flies our youth.

We walk with Hobbits and wizards old

With Unicorns and sprites

Watch fiery spirits rise from the ash

Stand side by side with Knights.

 

Our hearts are pure and our intentions true

As we dream of wish and spell

An enchanted world beyond this plain

Where real is the stories we tell.

But as we wake on each new dawn

Reality comes flooding through

Full of obligation, pain and flesh

Responsibility for all that we do.

It’s some cruel trick

To send us there, where consciousness is blind

To allow us to remember

All the mystery that we find.

To dance with imagination

Relive each moment we’re awake

I think it would be kinder to steal

All the journeys that we make.

Reviews

[Distant horizons]

Oh my, very lyrical flow to this piece, and such wisdom. The last verse nails it perfectly. Me like this piece manymegamuch :-)