Yes

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.