Universe

Inside my brain is a universe.

It could be two or three, really,

There are enough planets and galaxies.

It's enough space to get lost in,

or scare someone off.

If I wrote for writers, I would

Describe the world, in so much

Detail it would scare away

Almost anyone without a universe

of their own.

When I write for readers, I

Instead condense it into simple

Forms, easy to understand and

With only as much detail as

is truly needed.

When I write for myself,

The words seem to come

Off the page, wrap around

My mind, into three-

dimensional life.

To write for my readers is

To cut myself short, to

Abridge my characters and

Their lives, to give but an ounce

of what's happening.

But I guess

That just means

I need to write

More books, not

Longer ones.