Novel Ideas, Part II

and then again
in the magic of creating your own planet
lies the quiet
but oh-so real boundary
of when the discrepancy
of the reality you are trying to escape
and the beauty you are trying to paint
becomes too immense.

You won't know it until you are there
but then you will tumble across its threshold
and end up with the rude awakening
of bruises on your body
and words in the trash.