This is the time to stand together,
and keep our quarrels in our boots,
and walk and stand and be in silence
as one, not with the garish display
of politics, but as humans grieving,
reflecting on what has been lost,
and dreaming a day when together,
without malice, harmony and peace
shall be the order of humans living
together with truth, and while all this
may dim, and time place tragedy in
its curiosity box, let us wet our memories,
and remain strong, with the conviction
that we will never let hate become
the fire that turns this Dream to ash.

In memory of Bondi and the Day of Mourning

 

22/1/2026