Aborigine...
Aboriginal ancestor stand hunting weapons spearing hand
Mustering moments solace virginal motherland
Browns glistening starkness body sweat clearly ban
Ritual boundaries observing close stillness desert sand
Walkabout memories faded food source wombat clan
Kangaroo leaping symbols goanna sustenance pan
Painted brightly colour stripes circling skin
Brother tribal elders counselling worried men
Didgeridoo deepening sound child noise scatter bound
Cooking fires whispering smoke womenfolk bustling constant choke
Winds soft murmuring deserted lean-to ghost
Onward present time temptations broken hearted folks
Blistering sun behind modern life awaits
Dominating destroying wonderful worldly fate
Shivering remembering slaughtered nations past
Two hundred years nothing lasts
Sacred sites left homeless bonded artefacts earthed
Dormant spirits wailing unfair punished cursed
Caring white man wonder peoples possible demise
Blessed weaken beings stand false now realize
Camps encompass city edge offend naked eye
Find fairer solution don't let my people die
Desperate education alcoholic shame
Thousands bashed beleaguered never forget my name
Land rights never ending governmental tape confused
Sorting stupid problems never correct issue
Help us hear us crying watching hurting state
Love us open freely wiping off sickening slate
Leading learning tomorrows crawling slowly search
Discovering new horizons pocketing folklores church
Urging encouragement humbly coveting earnest words
Seeking savouring experience loudly defying curds
Aboriginal flag float high nation pride held marked
Remembering ones fathers dreaded drastic task
Heads profoundly unique hue bodied blossomed though
Artwork stands steady owned torching universe unknown
Aboriginal desires fronted Aboriginal proudly care
Aboriginal birthright counted Aboriginal so there
Aboriginal always lasting Aboriginal dusty scared
Aboriginal deep face expression Aboriginal dreamtime bard
Stuart Charles Mackenzie
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