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[aid] => mick
[title] => Weedy...part 3
[time] => 2004-03-09 18:08:01
[hometext] => Weedy is a mate, one of the last of his tribe. (with all respect and permission from David)
[bodytext] => Rolling hills surround as they have done for all time Sentinels stand aloof with silence as their creed The Gibbers with their iron red hue don’t hinder my native step I am a native of this land and I tend to my own need. Distance has no meaning here time it does not count The sun beats down on no one else but me and my spirit friends Saltbush grasps at sand and rock it struggles to stay alive Out here money means nothing-nor does the Whiteman trends. My tough and rugged lines and words-hide my lonely times They think I am a drunkard, a loser, BUT I AM THE COONGEE MAN! I walk my country alone as I am the last one of my tribe A lonely man whose only link now is in this silent land. I see the spirit dreaming upon the Coongee Lakes I dream of campfires, Didgeridoo and Corroborees My eyes no more see my mother the one who gave me life The one who taught me all I know under the Coolibah trees. I feel the country through my heart, I listen to it's call I know when it is crying or when it's feeling gay She speaks to me through birds, through the wind upon my face And I have learnt to listen to everything she might say. So in two hundred years you changed a landscape We kept safe for thousands of years It is our mother our sanctuary You have given her many tears. My kind has seen the change that the Whiteman brought out here The hatred the bitterness, his greed and poisonous way Lies and complications follow him like a crow does to a carcass My forefathers believed him, not knowing how much we’d pay. When you speak to me I won't listen for I've seen the country glisten In gold and ochre red sunsets-after stormy days I see beauty in rugged places in my forgotten brother's faces And you will never know, of my ancient tribal ways. [comments] => 5 [counter] => 217 [topic] => 55 [informant] => twinkletoes [notes] => (Edited by mod_10 as requested) [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 15 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => dedicatedpoems )
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