Prism

People say that reading someone else's' writing
Is a way of staring into their mind
A way of seeing their exact thoughts
At an exact moment in time
A snapshot if you will
A snapshot of their mind
But is it?
Does this theory
Take into account characters?
Different mindsets?
Specific ideas or thoughts
With no relation to the remainder?
Can you only write about
What you have experienced?
Or can an author effectively pretend?
Create an illusion
Isn't that what fantasy writing is?
How many of you have
Actually seen a dragon?
Or levitated objects
With your mind?
And vampires?
Do I even need
To start on that one?
Where does the line between
reality and illusion truly exist?
On what plane?
In what time?
What is illusion?
What is reality?
Who am I?