Tuesday, July 22, 2014

New poem: "Magic"

.Magic.


With a tap 
with a swish
of my wrist

Towers dissipate 
lovers' hearts break
and planet's twirlings end

I have power
like you have never seen
no earthly force can stop me

Worlds and fairies and beasts and men
chattel and Barons and knaves
spring to breath or to death 

It is all at my command
I do not need a wand, a scepter, or staff
if you break those I will use a feather, or dust

Regardless of my tools I will keep wielding
ever waxing stronger in my art 
for it stems not from devices, but my heart

Yet, although I have great power, 
and cannot be stopped by you
my own source of strength can falter...

...Can turn silent and useless
a betrayal of blood origin
my own flesh and matter 

For you see
this art of mine, 
which holds Hades and Life in its grip

Is not magic
or witchcraft
or murder

I simply write. 

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