Words || Kaveri Talukder
I would like to pretend
That things
Are getting
Better.
But just like
We had people
Like
Lachlan Macquarie’s men
Then,
Now
We have companies
Like
Rio Tinto
Now;
Killing people
Because they were
Born into a
Different culture,
Destroying
Places
That stop
Us from
Drowning in
This shallow
World.
And you call
Yourself
“Civilised.”
I am eternally
Grateful
For the sky,
Because that
Is the one thing
You can’t takeaway
From us.
At least that
Can be passed to
The next generation.
