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 "Despair is generally defined as a loss of hope.  In existentialism, it is more specifically a loss of hope in reaction to a breakdown in one or more of the defining qualities of one's self or identity." Søren Kierkegaard 

St. Kilda is a World Heritage Site.
Birds persevere;
rock houses
empty
now.

Last
count topped
one million 
resident birds.
Sheer numbers endanger other species.

Humans have not lived on St. Kilda for
nine long decades.
mind-boggling
man's choice -
move

Man
fought the
elements
two thousand years.
Wind, water, weather and wildlife won out.

April 27, 2023

Sponsor	Constance La France
Contest Name	Writing Challenge - Words with 'X' -

St. Kilda is a remote archipelago off the coast of Scotland.  
The remaining 36 residents chose finally to leave
an environment which had become unsustainable. Imagine
their despair in leaving - displaced, adjusting to a new existence.

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