The Magician - IV

The Magician - IV

This is a poem spread across multiple pages. Please read in order. Please click on links below to read the earlier passages from the poem.

The Fool - I.
The Fool - II.
The Fool - III.
The Fool - IV.
The Fool - V.
The Fool - VI.
The Fool - VII.
The Fool - VIII.
The Fool - IX.
The Fool - X.
The Fool - XI. 
The Fool-XII. 
The Magician-I.  
The Magician -II 
The Magician -III


The Magician’s plan is simple, elegant and strong,
He’s so full of himself- he can’t be obviously wrong;
to transfer his confidence to the shaken fool asap,
no need to teach flying- or how to fall on one's back.
these things don’t matter, what counts is the faith,
just believe that you can fly- is what the Magician say’th.
Should we remind the Magician that when the Fool first leapt,
he did believe in flying, and in promises kept.
He believed with his heart that he could fly if need be
and to keep his promise, he paid a big fee.
Knowing that he may die, he still took the leap,
and broke his neck as he fell down deep.
Did we just say he knew, he could die while jumping ,
Oh he had doubt, he didn’t believe, the Magicians winging.

This time with the help of Magician’s spell,
he will truly believe in flying, of enduring hell,
but continuing on his path, as if made of feathers,
or becoming a man of steel, that all storm weathers,
gently drifting in the wind, or taking off like a plane,
he will defy gravity and continue flying in the lane.
This time would be different , he’ll leverage the power of belief
and taking a cue from Magician, hurl himself down a cliff steep.
If the Magician can create a illusion that is sufficiently strong,
That he himself has flown in past and that too wide and long,
and maybe make the fool believe that learning flying is a song
That its Ok to jump from hills - risking life is nothing wrong,
Then we know our Fool enough so as to rightly predict
that instead of the recuperation he needs, he’ll go for the kick.

For the Fool is impatient, though lost and shaken too,
he knows he needs rest and healing, but isn’t he driven to
strive for the Holy Grail - even if it makes his life a living hell,
to serve the king and the knights in arms, till he hears his death knell,
is a mission he has chosen for himself, and the Magician approves with glee,
once he has brought the Grail to the King, he can rot in hell, he is free.
For now he must get his act together, and take care of his broken neck,
if only in the service of the quest, he is thinking about himself - oh heck!
For a change he wants to make himself strong, and focus first on the self,
he wants to heal and be able to heal and like Magician have some power and pelf.
Power to end the quest and money to keep fighting,
he needs to pull all stops, he can see on the wall the writing,
If he has to jump again, and about this we can be doubly sure,
he now gets it totally- that not everything works if intentions are pure.

You need cunning and vile to just survive,
and if you want to make a mark, remain alive,
you have to wring some facts, make some fiction real,
like a broken neck can be fixed in a jiffy dear.
But that is what the Magician managed to do,
breathed life into the fool - reignited his bravado.
Making him believe, this time would be different,
was not an easy task, the Fool was a bit diffident,
he wasn’t sure this time he was ready or capable
and wanted to jump with the safety of a cable.
But the Magician made him think about his glory
sitting atop the hill, how powerful was his story,
and how wonderful it will feel finally being able to fly
how he’ll be the first one- about this he didn’t lie.

For the Magician has flown, but only a sprint,
a marathon flying will be the Fool’s sole province,
To fly till moon and back and then some more,
is the Magician’s promise - his offering core.
There are things one can do and there are things one can teach,
there are things one must endure- chose your cross well each.
Only the Fool can fly all hog - if the Magician could, he would,
The Fool will enjoy the glory, forgetting the Magician who stood
in his time of need and made him dream beyond what was possible
martyr, Messiah or god- the fool has to look beyond the gospel,
and chose for himself a role that could successfully end the quest
if the story needs a hero, step up, else on the sidelines be a guest.
The Magician will take care well of this guest, and endure this lonely night
and wait for the morning some fool agrees, to jump and fly with all his might.