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My room, an island
Windowless and blue and quiet
The world outwith an endless ocean
Unpredictable, ever-changing, deep
My mind, the sky
Alive with colour and sunlight and oxygen
Cloud thoughts gleam and gather
Until I create drawings—stories—poetry
These are the birds
I send soaring
Out beyond
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Ellen Forkin is a chronically ill artist, writer and poet living in Orkney, Scotland.
www.ellenforkin.co.uk
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