You love the magic that runs through your veins

the taste of ancient spells on your lips.

There is power in your fingertips

and your lust for the same impression

will force you to sacrifice.

What would you sacrifice for the magic?

What would you sacrifice for the radiance on aging papers

and the luminosity you wield in your staff?

The jolt of enchantment surging throughout your entire body

that could possibly

drain you of the energy required to survive?

Shattered lungs and physical deformity

eyes that are blind to beauty,

watching flowers bloom and wither in seconds.

Never to be trusted by my companions... my brother

Never to embrace the only woman who might have loved me.

I gave up love. I gave up my only chance for happiness.

All this for my magic.

What would you give for magic?

I GIVE MYSELF.