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Stolen Generation.

Contributed by pete on Friday, 20th February 2004 @ 03:29:54 AM in AEST
Topic: ApologyPoetry

STOLEN GENERATION…(©Peter Sprenkeler)

Such an appalling period…has stained our history’s pages,
Pregnant with guilt…decades later the controversy still rages.
A deliberate scheme of indigenous family disintergration,
An indelible pall of shame…still hovers over our nation.

Many years have passed…yet the pain still resides,
Many victims now adults…returned to their tribes.
The stolen years of anguish…never can be replaced,
Torn from family…the whole affair a callous disgrace.

And yet a simple and sincere apology would go a long way,
Toward healing the wounds of so many Aboriginal folk today.
The very least we can do…but we are loathed to try,
What of our humanity does this thus testify?

The government sits on its hands…in total disgrace,
Afraid perhaps to meet these folk…face to face?
And so the pain lingers…the wounds will not heal,
What in God’s name ever prompted us…of their children to steal?

These present day leaders were not responsible…it is true,
But a shocking legacy has been left them…they know what to do.
Yet they defer and delay…cowardly shrink from what is right,
When so many in pain…could sleep much more soundly tonight.

Knowing we whites have contrition…for our deeds so wrong,
Would send so many angry spirits away…in peace and in song.
And why is it that this sordid mess still lives...lives in pain are spent?
Racial bigotry still resides in hearts…the message is clearly sent.

The disgusting saga…could be resolved…yet perhaps not forgiven,
It is painfully obvious the delay…is racially driven.
Our generation did not commission or execute the atrocious act,
But we are left to deal with it…a simple humanitarian fact.

Hundreds of Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their families in our early history; for reasons of supposed ‘assimilation’. In fact it proved to be a horrible act of decimation and disintergration of a race of people. It has never been atoned for…not even a simple apology!...we have been left to do so…but our Government won’t!

Copyright Â© pete ... [ 2004-02-20 03:29:54]
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Re: Stolen Generation. (User Rating: 1 )
by lil_angel on Saturday, 24th April 2004 @ 03:27:46 AM AEST
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Wow Great job!

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