The True North

We hold these truths in trust forever now

And hopeful in our hearts we resolve

To lift the burden of our days

Now magnified in the true north

Beyond the stars we will prevail

To hold safe water, land and love

Answering to Capricorn, big, small families, one and all

In the true north

Beware the south’s errors or remake them

From Cape to Kimberley via Madjedbebe

It's the oldest living human story

Rent asunder by brute authority

All praise to those who won’t be swayed

Whose kinship and conscience sees them standing

In the floodplains, seasons, lightning, red rock, white water, living colour

Of the true north

All praise to those who won’t be swayed

Whose two way knowledge now sees them standing

In the wetlands, life's still teeming

Across the great escarpment leading

To the true north