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from a room





echoes

from a room

of silence

 

laughter

from a room

of pain

 

love

from a room

of hurting

 

confused

by a room

of mazes

 

safe

in a room

with you.






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"True to its form, this poem has evolved and changed over several years - the version above is how it was printed in The Red Book. Five years before it was one of the poems used in Doris Corti's popular 'Poetry Workshop' column in Writing Magazine." BEN BARTON
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