A Wizard Knows
An Ekphrastic Sonnet
A wizard knows how easy magic is
How mere thought can make things and unmake them
How each, carefully chosen word of his
Can heal a wound, or unleash dark mayhem
All of this must be concealed from plain folk
If word got out, spells would be cast for free!
Minds and lives can be altered by a joke;
Hiding the truth improves the wizard's fee
He knows that songs have broken nations' hearts
He has read poems brighter than the dawn
He's seen insults cut dragons into parts
He understands that words best fearsome brawn
A wizard knows both meanings of spelling
Worlds are built and burned by storytelling
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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