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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n I had given up on love. I had no desire.<\/p>\n It always turned into a turn off. There was no fire.<\/p>\n Then I saw you. I couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n You stole my heart. I couldn\u2019t retrieve it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n Like the song, you cast your spell.<\/p>\n With your eyes. You do it so well.<\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n I knew when I let you in.<\/p>\n You would control me until the end.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m lost in your arms. I have no will.<\/p>\n I just lie here & be real still.<\/p>\n I am hypnotized by your eyes.<\/p>\n Your smile could be a thin disguise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have no defense from your charms.<\/p>\n I only desire to be in your arms.<\/p>\n If I wanted to, I couldn\u2019t leave.<\/p>\n I have no tricks hidden up my sleeve.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n Like the song, you cast your spell.<\/p>\n With your eyes. You do it so well.<\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n I knew when I let you in.<\/p>\n You would control me until the end.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On those nights when it\u2019s dark and cold.<\/p>\n The thunder roars and I feel so old.<\/p>\n You come to me & stop my shaking.<\/p>\n I sleep till dawn without waking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When you wrap me in your arms,<\/p>\n I feel warm and safe from all harm.<\/p>\n I never, never want to let you go.<\/p>\n I tell myself I should take it slow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n Like the song, you cast your spell.<\/p>\n With your eyes. You do it so well.<\/p>\n You can do magic!!<\/p>\n I knew when I let you in.<\/p>\n You would control me until the end.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now the years have passed and you\u2019re still mine.<\/p>\n I am still in a trance around you all the time.<\/p>\n I realize how happy it has been for me.<\/p>\n Finding real love made the difference, you see.<\/p>\n ——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magic I had given up on love. I had no desire. It always turned into a turn off. There was no fire. Then I saw you. I couldn\u2019t believe it. You stole my heart. I couldn\u2019t retrieve it. You can do magic!! Like the song, you cast your spell. With your eyes. … Continue reading Magic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romance","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}