Magic Bean
Margaret Simon
How a writer is made
some think comes from a magic bean–
it just is
this writer can’t help but write & write,
but I know better.
I know a writer comes from the magic wand
of a teacher who told her
she was.
A teacher finds magic
in the light of a child’s words,
rubs the lantern again & again.
She knows the power of waiting,
of how a seed of an idea
can sprout
if you give it
nourishment
& time.
I love most
the smile of realization
“Wow! I wrote that!”
Pride from my wishing
which, in the end,
is me working magic,
still unknown,
still a mystery.