amen ...

"The only things worth living for are innocence and magic ... amen. We were born with our eyes wide open. So alive with wild hope now. Can you tell me why time after time they drag you down. Down in the darkness deep. Fools and their madness all around. Know that the light don't sleep".

These are lyrics from a song. Yep, another CD rolling its lines out while I skoot around town. I think diversity can be added to the this small list but I didn't write the song. David Gray wrote it.

Innocence? Webster says it is a noun.
1. The quality of innocent naivete.
2. The state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil.
3. A state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence".

I am not innocent.

Magic? Webster gives us its adjective meaning and it meaning as a noun.

Adjective

1. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers".
Noun
1. Any art that invokes supernatural powers.
2. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.

I am not magic.

But innocence and magic exist and I watch for them.