I have listened and I desire to hear more...
Of the stories of Land and Sky, of the Seven Sisters and the deep spirits.
I have heard fiction and 'fact',
but I desire to hear Truths from the heart.
I live a long way away, but my heartland is the dusty red earth and the island home.
Even from a distance, I listen for the kookaburras and the magpies.
I long for the day when the shame of vulgar racial disparities is bridged,
so that my sisters and brothers may access the same privileges as most of our citizens.
I want to hear how they can take that journey, and I commit to accompanying them.
I wish for the conversation where my imagination is grown by the ancients
and I can bring the ift of fresh attention and respect.
The people who welcomed and adopted me, honoured and rejected my late-husband,
giving his earthly remains and his spirit a place of resting until the renewal of all things,
so I pray that we can work together for renewal.
This is why I am voting YES.
