Once There Was Magic...

• Raymond Leslie, Grade 8, Girraween High School -
• Poetry
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

Wandering free
In roads of sky and paths of sea
And in that timeless long-gone hour
Words of nonsense still had power
Doors still flew and birds still talked
Witches grinned and giants walked
We had Magic wands and Magic wings
And lost our hearts to impossible things
Unbelievable thoughts! Insensible ends!
For Wizards and Warriors might be friends.
In a world where impossible things are true
I don't know why we forgot the spell
When we lost the way, how the forest fell.
But now we are old, we can vanish too.
And I see once more the invisible track
That will lead us home and take us back...