Taken

• Gemma Cowin, Grade 8, Meridan State College
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

The whites were in charge, while the blacks were outnumbered
So they gave up and just slumbered
They had no power or any rights
They couldn’t do anything not even fight
They stole their children and tor families apart
They broke indigenous bonds as they had no heart
The children were put into mission homes
They worked and worked and were treated like gnomes
They tried to run away, but didn’t get very far
What they needed was a fast car
Whites soon came to see what they have done
By trying to stich up the things that they have done
The bond was fixed 200 years later
When Kevin Rudd wasn’t a hater
They soon came to realize what they have created
While the blacks just sat and waited
That day soon came
When the whites took the blame
And had nothing more than to say "Sorry"