asking

here in the time between
on cusp of day into darkness
where many say magic can happen
I am asking for another story
another telling of the possible
a affirmation of the actual giving
and a confirmation of what is taken away
before I confuse the two gifts
any further

now in the interim space
between seasons of light and heavy
of fire dance and earth rooting
midway from give to receive
unchosen the nature of connection
people or land
doing or knowing
speaking or silence
I pray for a choice
that doesn't exclude but resolves
and welcomes the paradox
of possible and otherwise
belonging and not
defined and unfinished
which I think is that magic's
open invitation