Tag: aboriginal australia
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Mothers without borders.
You smothered meSuffocated me with your empty affectionPut clothes on my backAnd gave me everything I needed to survivebut the love, guidance I needed to be whole I’m left feeling sucked dryI’m left feeling emptyI’m left feeling numbI’m left feeling disconnectedI’m left feeling aloneI’m left feeling unfulfilledI’m left feeling lostI’m left without desireI’m left not…
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Thalia the Failure
Growing up in the 80’s in a remote and tiny outback town in the Kimberley’s, Western Australia called Kununurra, no one else really had my name. At least not that I knew of. But somehow making its way to the book shelves of the small school library of Kununurra District High School (a combined high…
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Flora & Fauna
Once likened to flora and fauna I feel the pain of my ancestors trauma If only my heart could grow wild and free Over the hills and mountains, like the beautiful plants and trees All I’ve ever wanted was to flourish and thrive To grow tall and reach the skies But I am small and…