The Magic Wand Of The Too Familiar Poem by RIC BASTASA

it happens all the time
the most familiar things and events and people
come daily and they become so ordinary

and then
you wonder
somehow
something

unfamiliar begins to strike you
making some furrows in your face
it becomes magical

a wand of the familiar
turns you into a prince
a sword is handed to you
a horse for you to mount
upon

a heart that begins its journey
on some adventures
that were there once
in your youth

you become alive
then the world changes its colors
and you realize

you never notice
something had long been put here

how foolish you have been
for not noticing such a familiar thing?