What do you think of magic?

"It's cool."

"Ooooo, magic. I wonder if I can wish myself a burger."

"Will I get a badass magic cloak?"

Yes, yes, and NO. 

To have such power is liberating and horrifying. Conjuring ice fangs that freeze-dry and shatter flesh and bone. Casually flailing boulders to crush cars. And even part the seas. However, it can do more. We are much greater. 

To create microchips, smartphones and laptops. The manipulations of electricity, light and other godly forces for our basic needs. To tinker with the double helix string that holds the very essence of all things living. And even orbiting hunks of metal radiating strange energies to towers and wires, connecting billions of homes and billions of lives. 

This is a sign of many talents, and we can go beyond, whether with a charm, a wand, or even your bare hands for painting, sculpting, singing, dancing, sports, carpentry, masonry. These are some of your gifts; some of your magic. 

This is a literary piece for the ages, and to go deeper is needed.

Love and hate, kindness and jealousy, admiration, happiness, pride and humility, frustration - are within the mosaic of emotion. They all have their place and time. And to foster this is connections, whether it be friends, lovers, family, community or country.

Do you want magic? Must you have it? You already do. And with it, you have raped, murdered, pillaged, enslaved, colonized, polluted, oppressed and belittled all that surrounds you. 

Now leave and use your powers!

Who am I to tell someone how to handle themselves? Use whatever magic you have, take what was offered at the start and go. Just GO.