A migrant in this land I'll always be

by

Francis Duggan

They had lived here for sixty thousand years or maybe more
Before the first white sailors moored their boats and came ashore
Illegal migrants without passports to show
Two centuries and thirteen years ago.

From these volcanic cliffs they looked out on the sea
On this wild beauty that captivates me
For centuries with nature they had lived in harmony
A migrant in this land I'll always be.

They fished and hunted in the smoke free air
And sea and land life was abundant everywhere
And of conservation they were so aware
But creatures once plentiful are now becoming rare.

They were the care takers of this southern land
And the needs of nature they did understand
But when white men and women with their children ventured south
To the detriment of nature change they brought about.

Their attitude to the environment compared to ours made far more sense
But since white invasion nature has suffered ever since
And I one from a land beyond the sea
A migrant in their land will always be.

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