Fresh Fiction

I wonder if
writing alone is ever lonely?

To ponder
is to partner.
To illuminate is to lighten
a dark background with smudges.

Do you see
what I see?
It doesn't matter!

In seeing you, too, discover
either the dream
of your own making
or the reflected images of
a shadow maker.

Does a monster live
under the bed?
Is heaven filled with flowers?
Do unicorns graze
in uninterrupted silence?
Is the library open
after hours?

I cannot lie,
for truth is born
from imagination.
Fiction is a pseudonym for
original expression.

© 1998 Val John Jennings