How big is the story
Which I must write?
How many words will it take
To truly tell what happened
To me and the world,
In the reality I alone
Experienced?
How much does it matter
If I tell it truly,
Or, as I remember it,
Faded now with time
And learning,
And desires,
Both since fulfilled
And forgotten?
How long will it last
This story I wish to tell?