In the beginning
there was white
an endless expanse
of nothing
– a nothing
that needed to somehow
be filled
with content.

And the creator
said LET THERE BE WORDS
and then slowly
the emptiness
was filled with stories.

And the words of the stories,
they were read
and the readers
found them good
and said LET THERE BE MORE
and the creator
who found companions
wrote more
and in that way
filled the world
with everything it needed.

And the white
has been filled with darkness
ever since
as well as all the shades and nuance
that tales can provide
and it was good
and continues to be
and –
you probably know
how the rest of the story goes.