Five 17-SYLLABLE BARE ROOM POEMS

Five 17-SYLLABLE

BARE ROOM POEMS

1

You assured me

I was safe in the dark.

The room was bare.

Now, you’re gone.

2

Why the four walls?

Without them, sorrow

and pain would abscond

with the wind.

3

The photos down

from the wall, a patina

of memories linger.

4

If tears fall in a bare room

and no one sees them,

do they still fall?

5

Life is an exercise in clutter.

We cram bare rooms

we leave behind.                          

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