Jun 3, 2011

evolution of a wordsmith

stories scare me
and it's quite simple
why.
too long
drawn-out
and changes that never stop


one's reached its climax
but still not finished
i've changed
with my characters
now they're too
naive
simple
boring


so i go back
revise 
add
subtract
learn
change


and the process starts
again

poetry
is simpler:
thoughts
taken from the air
and pieced together
in no particular pattern


but it still
somehow
makes sense to a 
complex personality


so i stick
to jotting down thoughts
for now at least

until
a character's growth
will no longer need revising

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