Displaced and detached From her mother's arms she's dragged Bloodlines corrupted through rape To colonise her mind And whiten her skin Songlines disrupted by hate To destroy culture and kin Decades on, her descendants are torn From their father's hand, they're wrought Stolen again Removed for "protection" Generations tied through time By trauma and poverty Steal the child to keep her safe From all she is? From who she needs? Or maybe just from you? Sorry means you don't do it again Sorry Forcing black circles into your square frame "All let us rejoice" in your shame Never learning from our past mistakes We repeat, and lines of culture break Makarrata to bring peace We were never young and free The oldest lasting culture we know Persists despite the "salvation" - you bestow Yet the longest surviving civilisation Outlives your mission to civilise