Overburden Wind

The wind unfurled

Down the winding

Road without colour

Its breath fatigued

Ruptured over time

Blinded by desert storms

Devastated by hurricanes

Withered, parched in

Drought bearing

Sadness, hopelessness

Yet this same wind has

Witnessed the warmth

Of friends and victory
Bringing hope where
There was none, a
Wind without incident

A caring breeze without

Suffering, prejudice, a

Bitter-sweet wind

Inhaling our Fate.

Edwin James

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