and the wizard cast a spell….
Magic always scared Joey as a kid, but eventually it was an area of curiosity, a desire to understand and eventually an obsession. As Joey aged and life deposited flakes of love, happiness, grief, pain, sorrow and everything that one could endure, magic fell to the wayside. Magic because something that Joey wanted to understand, but experience taught that not being able to understand something left you scared of the unknown, afraid that people will think less of you, anxious and needing to know the answer and alone with nobody to have it all explain (as the code of magic insists). Magic found a way out of Joey’s life and laid dormant for many years. Books, movies, and anything to do with magic were not a part of Joey any longer.
Just as magic happens, the dust of a wizard or a sorcerer fell upon Joey. Covered, uncertain and terrified, Joey tried to cleanse the magic dust away, but Joey had no power or ability and quickly and happily gave in to the beauty, the magic and the incredible adventures that Joey would have never allowed to experience again. Joey smiled, laughed and the fear dissipated and magic was fully consumed again.
All the wonder and confusion was of no concern. Joey reveled in the bright colors, the moon, the mountains, the sky, the soft place to fall and the comfort and easiness of the passion for magic. Joey believed again, like a child eating chocolate for the first time, Joey smiled and wiggled and rejoiced.
In all of Joey’s belief the concept of the loss of believing, the loss of the power of magic left the heart, but it was reminded from time to time. It caused Joey to panic and be fraught with sadness and pain as magic has consumed the entire soul in so many ways and healed broken wounds with simple spells; loss was unwanted.
As all magic can, while Joey was unable to guard a spell away, a powerful spell was cast and Joey was thrown to the wall, slid down and left for broken. Joey, alive, but destroyed by this invisible think called a spell, was again left with pain, hurt, discomfort, anger and the reminder magic and spells, real or not, can bind you, destroy you and often without the an antidote.
“Practices classified as magic include divination, astrology, incantations, alchemy, sorcery, spirit mediation, and necromancy. The term magic is also used colloquially in Western popular culture to refer to acts of conjuring and sleight of hand for entertainment. (Britannica.com, 1/2024).”
