why
I will be voting YES to the voice
I go to the makers, not to the
mockers
now you could go this way or that
there’s more than one way to go
treaty then truth then a voice
voice then a treaty then truth
there are many ways to go
and we’re only just finding the map
have you noticed how the names have changed?
it’s just recently
there were these names before
most people didn’t know but they were there
nobody had written them down
now we’re finding out
that’s a good thing
don’t you think we should find out where we are?
you could ask for more detail
I’d like a more detailed principle please
you could say that
but isn’t the point that about a principle
that it’s straightforward, simple
something everyone can understand
like
I acknowledge these people were here
before me
here for a long time
like
they talk – we listen
we listen to each other
everyone takes a turn
like the people we couldn’t hear before
… they get a go to speak now
they tell how things are for them
they tell how they think things should be
it shouldn’t be too much to hear
somebody else’s truth
of course not!
that’s why I’m voting to hear
what the firsties have to say for themselves
I mean the people who were here such a long time
the people whose place this was
before invasion, dispossession
most people live in a stolen country
and there’s something we can do about it
truth is the road to justice
there can be justice when there’s a treaty
we’ll have to listen a lot to get there
and maybe we don’t already know the best way
that’s why we need to listen
to talk
and we will
we’re getting to it
I’d like to point out that this matters to us all
because it’s about who we all are
what we call ourselves
how we feel about that
most people don’t know how they got to be here
some people can live with that
some would like to find out
you could just stay at home sulking
you could shoot yourself in the foot
but this is about how to live with ourselves
how to turn bad faith good
holier than thou won’t help
you could pretend all sorts of shit
like we wore the white hats all along
we were the good guys
did the right things
did things for their good
like it was only natural
or might is right
or smooth the dying pillow
or even
they can just be us, can’t they?
but none of that seems to have worked
so it’s time to wake up
to wake up and listen
we’ve got to get on with this
to get on our way
I’m going to vote for the voice
that’s just a very little thing
a bit of responsibility
it’s owning who I am
and where I am
and the fact that I have a say
not everybody always did, you know
these things were fought for
people died so we could be here
things as good as they are
so we could be having a say
it’s up to us now to make things better
you could bear about a placard say
‘never satisfied’
or
I am victim
yours forever
so sincerely
or else we could shake hands, move on
we could put our heads together
so that was wrong
we can make this right
yes, let’s try
for bettering this world
the only one we have
there’s close the gap
there’s
change the date
change the flag
change the name of the place
there’s so much to do to make right
we’ll need a whole new constitution
but today
it’s just this one little thing
somebody made us a generous offer
we only have to acknowledge, to listen
just to make a start
I will be voting for the voice
just simply because I have one
and everybody should
because there’s ‘walk together’
because there’s heed your words
there’s hear your heart
because I have been welcomed here
so I’ll RSVP
because not being a zombie
I don’t want to feed on fear
no – I’m voting for hope
because it’s just respect
because it’s time to make a start
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