You need to do everything,
to realize you can do nothing.
The paradox is simple, but terribly consuming.

Magic.
Motions for greed.
A quick fix,
To get what you need.
How much longer can it really last,
The illusion, you perceive.

Until there is nothing
Left.
Your desperate in need.
Exhausted.
Scrambling for more.
No more to be had,
Can't compare to before.

You've a new set of rules
And desirous requirements.
So what worked before
Leaves you dry
Now with consequence.

The flavor of the fruit,
You can taste but not hold.
Leaves you begging DESPERATE
For the magic to
Unfold.

DESPERATE.
The missing link.

When you get there, to that point
Then, and only then,
Of the divine you will
Drink.