Wind of Change

Wind of Change

By: Sharon Goff

Change is a storm

that blows in threatening

to destroy.

It's demanding;

gale forces blow in

without warning.

It's something we have to fight

when it gets too strong.

If we don't fight, we die.

 

The dark, swirling clouds

of a ravenous tornado

unwelcoming at first.

Our lives spin

out of control.

It's dark and unpredictable.

Change screams newness of life,

leaving you breathless,

in the making.

 

We shout because we love

that we now have a

voice

in this fight for survival,

this newfound self-love.

We leave behind the old

silenced voices

and not fighting

for our own damn lives.

 

I too can be just as bold.

Come, wind.

I am ready.