The Red (Pink) Room. 

 

The red room was never really red

It was more a salmon pink

But no one ever wants to admit that they like the colour pink

Do they?

 

Anyway, the red room (which was really pink)

It was a special room

The kind of room that hugged you

Until you turned bright pink

 

It was a room without corners

It didn’t even really have a ceiling

It was just a room

Without walls

 

It lead off from the yellow hall

And that is possibly the most interesting thing of all

About the red room

That was really pink

 

Did I mention that

It was a room without walls

Or a ceiling?

I think I did

 

You may be wondering 

What is so special about the red (pink) room

It’s not particularly special

To anyone but me and my king

 

Now I have you wondering

Who cares whether the room

Was red or pink

How can you have room

Without walls or a ceiling?

 

It is clear to me

You have never met my king. 

Clare Kinnaird, 2024.