The Miracle Aligner
Inspired by a song written by the Last Shadow Puppets as well as the color "gold".

There’s a world upstairs made of silk and dust,
Of cosmic things and wanderlust,
With honey dipped dreams and morning dew,
And beyond the stars and celestial view,
Lies the Miracle Aligner and its gold compass too
Come along, sweet child, come this way
It’s got plenty enough to share today.
What you may ask? Miracles of course!
Bright ones and light ones and much much more.
So pick up your feet but don’t offend our lord
It’s about time for you to claim your reward.
You see, the Miracle Aligner uses a gold compass
To balance the fate of any two living things
Things with eight arms or things with a few.
Tall things and small things and slimy things too,
Things that can fly, and things that are blue.
If it moves with hind legs or lacks a clue
The Miracle Aligner has a plan,
And that plan includes you!
Suppose your miracle was wild and large.
Suppose your miracle puts you in charge,
Perhaps you become king and a wealthy mogul
Or maybe you discover the rarest of rare crystals
Each Miracle is unique and carefully made for that person
But conditions require that another one’s life is made worsen.
You see, a miracle is much like an inverted dream,
Senseless at times and not what it seem,
All of our fates are intrinsically tied to each other
Like little bound molecules inside of a beaker
Cruel to one thing but kind to another
That is the magic of the Miracle Aligner.
Miracles aren’t free so please learn from this lesson
For the compass points in two contrasting directions,
For one, a miracle is given while for another it is taken.
If you knew this, would you still accept my offer?
After all, aren’t some people born to be winners,
While the rest of us are all born to suffer?
About the Creator
Stephen Duong
100 Years of Solidudes


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