Illumination
If we can hear each other
whispering
in the empty tunnels
it is because you have
turned on the magic
that had been sleeping
you know how to find
the old knife switch handle
even in the dark
you’ve been teaching me
to believe in
impossibilities again
when I was small
I thought magic
must run in my arms
but everyone knows
what the tales say
about the eldest daughter
she will fail first and worst
if the three children set out
to seek their fortunes
not for her
the slipper and the prince
the fairytale ending
more likely
she will be broken
upon the glass mountain.
