In a Land of Magicians

Cherry

By marandina

Sun, 22 May 2022
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9 comments
 

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/in-a-land-of-magicians-mp3

 

If you believe in something enough, can it become real?

 

In a Land of Magicians

I watch your sleight of hand,

the tilt of a black top hat,

I see doves fly into the air,

white wings fluttering, gently.

A journey into splendour, wonder,

where reality and illusion fuse,

belief blended, suspended in time,

Cabaret Voltaire - midnight show.

A mind alive with thoughts,

an escape plan born of hope,

from mundane, existential doubt,

to a land of eternal conjuration.

If you wish upon a twilight star

and close your eyes, whisper,

maybe there is a world away

where magic holds mystic sway.

I know I may have been there

in the twinkling of a child’s eye,

when I ventured on so quietly

from the vagaries of a stoic’s life.

Where wands make trails of light

like fireflies in an obsidian night,

playing cards fall from skies as

a final, amethyst curtain lowers.

 

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Certificate PG
Poem
Miscellaneous Poems
Fantasy

Comments

Submitted by celticman on

in a twnklikng of a child's eye all the wonder opens. great stuff. 

 

Submitted by marandina on

Thanks for reading it, CM. It's inspired by a Netflix series called "The Sound of Magic". Made in South Korea and with an important message about believing and self-belief. 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Magical poem Paul, with a message that some people are tuned in to what's invisible to the naked eye, veiled by what we've been told is not real by those wishing not to believe.

It's a great poem and I loved hearing you read it, no matter what you believe. Thank you for sharing.

Jenny. smiley

 

 

Submitted by marandina on

Ah thanks for reading and listening, It's all about believing even if that extends to magic. We believe what we see and sometimes that's enough. Paul :) 

 

Submitted by marandina on

Thanks so much for the cherries, ABC Eds. Genuinely appreciated. Paul 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I liked these lines particularly, moving from the solidness of reality to the airiness and something from nothing of magic :

"from the vagaries of a stoic’s life.

Where wands make trails of light

like fireflies in an obsidian night,

playing cards fall from skies"

 

Submitted by marandina on

Ah thanks for reading it, Di. So glad people seem to have liked this one. I enjoyed writing it. Paul :) 

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Paul

 

This was fun to read, as it no doubt was to write.

Jean Day

Submitted by marandina on

Thanks for reading it, Jean. Yes, I enjoy writing the fantasy stuff. Take care. Paul