RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE
River of Wind
Storm of storms
Sky river of wind and rain
A torrent of building waves
Bending tall trees of oak and pine
Triggering mud and rock slides
Washing away highways
Tumbling boulders
Smashing buildings and homes
Trails of ruin down the coast
The wind whistles through the leaves
Before it becomes a scream
Howling like a pack of wolves
Like an enraged poet on a rant
Lost in nature’s dream
None will get out unscathed
None will be unaffected
Terror strikes the afflicted
In the widening path of destruction
An instinct to run is countered
By the realization: it’s too late
Run if you will
Stay if you must
But know: our lives are forever
Changed
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