Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Magic - a poem by Liam UiCearbhaill


This poem is in the collection Poetry's Purpose

Available for Kindle download at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YX2VZ78

Available in Printed version at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/uicearbhaill
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I wrote this poem in Stockton in 2002 or 2003 while walking through the grounds of the old State Mental Hospital (already being converted into a college campus by then). I originally published it as a greeting card.


Magic


Do I believe in magic?
That’s really hard to say
Do I believe in the power of love
To chase the blues away?
Do I believe in summer days
And passions born of Spring?
In hope sprung from Depressions pit?
In joys that Sorrow brings?

Do I believe in magic?
I can’t deny it’s there.
I’ve seen the triumph of the heart
When wounded with despair.
I’ve seen a child grow loving
In a household filled with war
And seen a city filled with hope
Where towers stood no more.

Do I believe in magic?
Yes, I suppose I do,
Watching as the world grows old
And turns to something new;
The cycle of the seasons
The turning of the wheel
Birth and Life and Death go round
In magic that is real


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