a wing and a prayer
(2 poems)


marathon magic movies

I wish I were a wizard
a good one
as in
good at it

I could change the things
that frustrate me
and are
only things
     the things that
     do not fit
     the things with
     parts
     that do not work
     so well
     as they did
     once
or I could make
new things
out of unused molecules
of things
that broke
and-or I gave up on
a while ago

a wizard
for convenience
though
maybe I’d have to
pick my sides
as well
though it seems
that wizards often
stood between them all
to force and even host
negotiation

then
once all was done
return
like Cincinnatus to the farm
rather to the cave
to rest
and learn some more
of magic in the world
and the world
itself
perhaps
for which
the magic serves


obviously spiritual

do I want to say
something
obviously spiritual
always
thought it always seems
to come with
something secular
as well

and that’s because
I am here
while you are there
(and here)
and your host moves
in between

what do you say
what does love say
why can’t I
serve these all
the time
doubtlessly

with only a little more
than what I have
and what I am

and this
prevaricates
this elongated pause
while at the edge of things
that wait
even indifferently
for my
participation

the world waits
in emptiness
and need
and with too much of it
held hostage by too few
behind the gates
of hell
that we are told
cannot prevail
against
our own rock
our body in the faith
that set on it
these gates
even with those
who push from the inside
cannot
shall not
stand

wow
all this from me
and those like me
have faith
and share in faith
to love actively
and maybe not much more
which is
Herculean
beyond classic labors

that shall
tell a new story
a second set
of revelations
as it were

so I believe
and sit with those
who believe
then we shall stand
and nothing bad
what has chosen to be evil
shall prevail
but at the last shall hide
and have its final
bastions
thrown apart
by faith
togetherness
and love

which sounds simplistic
to be simple
but there it is
like Jesus
or another Lord
accessible
by anyone
no secrets
or secret knowledge

simply
believe
together
and together
love

and though it’s not
the most important thing
well
to win


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