Uncrossing
I don’t need road opening, I need uncrossing, I messaged my ex-boyfriend and fellow magician earlier.
And I do.
What is the difference, you may ask? Both are meant to clear the path ahead. The point is: In the case of uncrossing you know – or at least very heavily suspect – there is some serious road block to be moved.
You fell in every single hole that presented itself.
I caught a knife with my hand and had to get my finger stitched back together (I was lucky, though).
I got the kindergarten flu (I don’t even have kids).
I have a purple toe because I walked trough my living room and collided with a chair. Just like so.
That’s all recent with the toe throbbing on my left foot while I type this.
It could be bad luck, and I agree that I can be careless at times.
But that is the point: Once I notice pattern forming, I look closer. I don’t blame myself for all of it.
If things add up, und I feel unlucky without reason, I think of uncrossing. Not preemptively opening roads, calling on spirits and elements to open directions, unlock the doors and make the roads nice and walkable and hey, are you ok with me coming, I am coming, I am coming now!
Nope. Uncrossing is when I take the pain of a swollen toe and turn it into a fucking ritual. When I blast away the obstacles that very obviously are lying around me (I only put some of them there, I promise). It really is like stepping on lego bricks once too often.
I am going to clear the goddamn floor.
I will probably have more serious stuff to write about magic. This is not the most eloquent introduction but then also, what is?
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