To be asked if
Magic is real
Is to be asked if
Breathing is essential to life
For both are inherent components
To life upon Earthly feet
I have seen it
Firsthand
I have experienced it
At every level
I have performed it
I could take the time
Quite a lot actually
To explain it to you
But then
What you’d have
Would be my interpretation of what magic is
And Magic is
Above all else
Intensely personal
It has to be experienced
To even begin
To be understood
And that I would say
Is the first lesson
In Magic

(Book 99 #19328)