Mother
Jan 21st, 2020 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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“Mother is upset,” a Wiradjuri tribal elder said. All heads nodded in agreement. Elders from the Ngungawal and Walgaulu tribes had traveled days to be at this meeting of Aboriginal peoples.
“Our sacred trees are gone,” he continued. “Our land is on fire; our mother is on fire.”
“She is hotter every year. More fires burn this year than ever,” a Ngungawal elder said. “We must appease our mother. We have perpetual grief, but the time is to focus on the mother, not us.”
Heads nodded.
Meeting was over and nothing was resolved. The elders returned to their burned-out bush.
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