Reconciliation day dawned dark and quiet
There were ancestral echoes I felt
Swirling around me
As images of the dark and windswept beach
Flooded over my consciousness
There were times I could feel your pain calling out to me
Deep within my own isolation
And today the burning that you must have felt
At damage and severing done to your kin
Was not lost on me
We were the invaders
Even if my ancestors moved here
Far far later
And there is no way to turn my vision away
From your plight
The Uluru Statement from the Heart
Brought tears to my eye
A pain to my own heart
As my soul recognizes the call
For recognition of the loving mother
Who gives and takes to give again
In permanent cycles of transition
For in failing to honor your grief
We also fail to face
The damage done to your people
Through those so grossly unaware
Ignorant, blind and lacking in care
Emerging From The Dark Night 