• WINDRUSH arrived
Garnering hope
Of labour
Eager, live
With unknown boundaries

Men, women
Knew that sweat, toil
Would build
Families’ resolve
And pierce the savagery
Of futures filled with
Defying darkness

Toil, like shelter
Kept families afloat on
Seething seas of then
Ravaged economies.

INGRIA SWABY
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