Away From Everything

• Atchaya Suganthan
• Poetry
• 2019

Pulled away by the whites
Thinking who they are,
or what they want.
Trying to turn us into their culture
Trying to make us white
Trying to make us follow their beliefs.

Our beauty is gone
Our fun and laughter is gone
Our corroboree is gone
Everything is gone
Quickly and horribly
And no-one is here to stand up and ask for our rights.

Away from my land
Away from my home
Away from my parents
Away from EVERYTHING!