I felt the winds of change in 1989,
When the Berlin Wall came down.
I was 19 years old and it felt like Freedom was all around.
I could feel the winds of change blowing
When John Howard announced the gun
Buy-Back scheme after
The Port Arthur Massacre.
I heard the winds of change screaming
When John Howard was defeated by
Kevin Rudd in 2007, after
11 years of conservative oblivion.
I basked in the winds of change
When Julia Guillard became our first
Female Prime Minister and schooled
Tony Abbott on misogyny.
I sailed on the winds of change
When Barrack Obama became the first
Black man to be elected president of
The United States of America.
I tasted the winds of change
When Scott Morrison lost to Albanese
And people on welfare would finally
Be allowed their dignity.
I marvelled at the winds of change
When women marched on mass
To Parliament House, calling for an end
To Domestic Violence.
I no longer feel the winds of change
Making my skin prickle,
Pushing the blood a little faster
Through my veins.
Change has been promised
Too many times and never arrived,
Leaving me unable to rebuild hope
From the rubble of what remains.
©Shaun Green 2024
