Burn It All Down: Remembering the Magic in a Chaotic World
- Melanie Federline
- Sep 28
- 2 min read
Sometimes the world feels too heavy, too loud, too chaotic.
It’s tempting to imagine burning it all down.
The systems that fail us, the endless grind, the concrete blocks that shut out the sky.
To let the fire clear away the rot so we can finally start fresh.
But if we did… what would we build in its place?
I wouldn’t want another machine world, polished and soulless.
I’d bring back the magic.
Not the fairy-dust kind, not just witches and sparkles, though I’ll never dismiss those either.
I’m talking about the kind of magic that has always been here, pulsing under the surface.
The quiet hum that keeps everything alive.
The force that stitches us to each other, to the earth, to the stars.
What if we let that magic take the lead?
Not hidden in the background, not treated like a child’s daydream, but guiding us forward.
What kind of world would that be?
It wouldn’t erase the things we need to do to survive.
Work, chores, responsibility, those would still exist.
But they wouldn’t feel so lifeless.
They’d become rituals instead of obligations.
Washing dishes would be a meditation.
Planting food would be ceremony.
Even paying the bills could be a reminder of the flow of give and receive.
The truth is, maybe we don’t need to burn the whole world down to bring the magic back.
It already exists. It’s already here.
In the cracks of the sidewalk where weeds bloom.
In the night sky that still shines, even if the buildings block our view.
In the way your breath steadies when you remember you’re alive.
The magic never left.
All we have to do is choose to see it.
Melanie Federline 9/28/2025
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