Storm Bella ends 2020 in Eastbourne

So here we are on the edge of Britain’s coast – a country facing separation from across the Channel.

Storm Bella came to give a final blast of destruction.

My thoughts in a poem:

Boxing Day

Beachy Head walkers

brave the beach at Birling Gap

as surf rises, waves crash

the walks of indulgence

the future of rush

to a normal world

not destroyed by death

a calming of the waters

a hope we can all touch

overnight winds gather apace

casting destruction over land and sea

New Year nature

a planet now too scarred

sweep away all contagion and hate

let storms settle

not long to wait.