Sicilia – a poem

Sicilia – a Tritina

Storm ravished waves invade every headland.
Marauders ruled, bold tyranny took hold.
Armies’ brutal blades broke this fragile world.
 
Temples rose, fell, ruined; another world-
View spread terror and chains and strife inland.
Brief futures, enslaved freedoms, lives on hold.
 
People ploughed, planted, struggled to behold
Days without graves to hasten the next world.
Solace sought, on this sanctuary island,
 
Hopeful, they land, their toe hold, their brave world.

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