The Dreamtime
by
Paul F Walsh
The new Prime Minister of Australia is an Aboriginal woman. She has a vision for her country that is beyond politics. Her dreaming comes from the land itself. Her dreaming is informed by the smoke and fires, by the kookaburras and koalas, by the kangaroos and goannas and all of the Australian native flora and fauna, including those who are no more. She hears the whispers of her ancestors in the wind-blown leaves and the cry of the currawong, the rain bird, and she hears the croaky, dry voice of drought, and she makes her decision.
She will lead.
She will lead her nation as it has never been led before.
She will lead us through the purifying smoke.
She will lead for all.
She will lead for healing.
She will lead for compassionate equality and justice.
She will lead us away from lies to truth.
She will lead us away from greed to generosity.
She will accept the realities of climate change.
She will abandon coal and all fossil fuels.
She will abandon the greedy lie of eternal economic growth.
She will hold water as sacred.
She will plant and preserve forests.
And she will plant a new dreaming in our consciousness.
And then our new Prime Minister will resign.
She will resign and return to country.
And our new dreaming will be our commonwealth.
Copyright Paul F Walsh 2020
Photograph by David Clode