Storm On the Island

• it is a huge nothing that we fear
• We are bombarded by the empty air
• Turned savage
• spits like a tame cat
• Exploding comfortably
• You might think that the sea is company
• you can listen to the thing you fear
• Can raise a tragic chorus
• leaves and branches
• trees Which might prove company
• This wizened earth has never troubled us
• we build our houses squat
• We are prepared: