They had developed clarity
\nFor living on the land
\nGave them the exposure
\nWhich helped them understand
\nThey had that visible evidence
\nThe horizon they could see
\nIt all was recognizable
\nEye-catching strikingly<\/p>\n
And they possessed true intellect
\nReasoning power to see
\nTheir consciousness was evident
\nWith an extra-sensory perspective
\nWith enquiring minds i am sure
\nTheir inquisitiveness and curiousness
\nWas something to adore<\/p>\n
Indigenous Patagonians
\nBorn to sail the sea
\nThe ocean their devotion
\nIts where they liked to be
\nPaddle boats of small dimension
\nMade of wood and palm
\nWith some knowledge of the weather
\nAnd how to keep from harm<\/p>\n
A wariness and contemplation
\nMindful all the day
\nThey knew what they were doing
\nSingle-mindedly I’d say
\nIt was never down to guesswork
\nThey had insight and they knew
\nHow to distinguish from the tides
\nAnd the waves that did ensue<\/p>\n
They had witnessed many an upset
\nThey were qualified to sail
\nThey understood the seasons
\nThey knew the safest trail
\nUsing intuition and a manifested charm
\nThey were undeniably efficient
\nStaying out of harm<\/p>\n
The language of the ocean
\nThey adopted one by one
\nThe great Pacific Ocean
\nIts vastness to the sun
\nThe great azure cacophony
\nImplanted in their soul
\nTheir communion with the cosmos
\nApparently a goal<\/p>\n
With what is an amazing coastline
\nOf over 3000 miles
\nOn a profound precipice
\nIt just goes off the dials
\nTo imagine this long ribbon
\nOf land that stretches far
\nWith Many many islands
\nGreat currents and every star<\/p>\n
That shines down from the sky
\nPainted faces water nomads
\nA moving sculptor high
\nThe people were creation
\nThe drum beat of the soul
\nThe music of the mountains
\nIs how they did control<\/p>\n
Sea man they were able in their true canoes
\nThey were master mariners
\nFreethinkers just to choose
\nThe means and then be able
\nUnbridled in that way
\nTo ply between the islands
\nOn any given day<\/p>\n
And where have all the indigenous gone
\nWith all their knowledge they
\nGot from the environment
\nThey learned more everyday
\nIt was just organic
\nFor their attention span
\nWas inevitably progressive
\nFrom where their life began<\/p>\n
The years of pratical living
\nTheir values all were there
\nAn ongoing apprenticeship
\nThen slavery and despair
\nTook over when the government
\nChanged and what we saw
\nWas subjection and oppression
\nTrampled on for sure<\/p>\n
All around the world we have seen it
\nWe have witnessed the demise
\nOf the indigenous nations
\nThe elders and the wise
\nLies were told permission sought
\nTo do away with those
\nWho really had the where for all
\nAnd were part of the prose<\/p>\n
They took away their true canoes
\nTheir language too they said
\nWas savage its was nothing
\nSPanish language led
\nThe way for all the people
\nAnd the great indigenous way
\nWas trampled on, the culture lost
\nAnd they then were made to pay<\/p>\n
Many have their lives taken
\nTen shilling for each childs ear
\nThat was the bounty paid out
\nImagine how the fear
\nRose like a tsunami and stretched
\nAcross the sea
\nThe land the mountains everywhere
\nThat the indigenous might be<\/p>\n
They were the PAtagonians
\nA truly natural race
\nBut one by one were slaughtered
\nIt was just a disgrace
\nAgain they were the guardians
\nOf sea of earth of sky
\nThousands of them murdered
\nAnd many sadly lie<\/p>\n
Beneath the waves
\nWeighted down with heavy metal rails
\nMany were dropped from helicopters
\nForming ghostly trails
\nDown onto the ocean floor
\nHidden from the world
\nLost souls lying peacefully
\nWhere they had been hurled<\/p>\n
The loss of these fine people
\nIt has happened everywhere
\nThe lack of understanding
\nThe ability to share
\nWealth money and markets
\nFree spending and the rest
\nAnd those and there are survivors
\nHave been so put to the test<\/p>\n
Of living enclosed in concrete and glass
\nIn houses side by side
\nThese were people of the sea
\nTheir tails in life denied
\nTheir culture it was stamped upon
\nThey were taught to be
\nSPanish never native
\nLocked up and never free<\/p>\n
Frugality was laughed about
\nSound stewardship was not
\nIt was all about great wastefulness
\nSquandering the lot
\nTruthfulness and emotion
\nNot the order of the day
\nAnd the alcohol became the thing
\nTo drive ones blues away<\/p>\n
There are still little pockets
\nOf people who still speak
\nkawesquar and Yamana
\nThey are out there and they seek
\nThe old ways and the sailing
\nBut are forced to stay away
\nFrom sailing in their real canoes
\nThat now are on display<\/p>\n
And the people seldom use the sea
\nThis wide expanse of blue
\nWith all the life existing there
\nReally they dont do
\nAnything for uses are scant one has to say
\nThey adnire it from a distance
\nBut thats all that appears their way<\/p>\n
They mistrust the great huge vastness
\nAnd its possibility
\nIt really holds a prominent place
\nIn all there is to see
\nIf only we could have pooled their knowledge
\nAnd not imagined that we
\nWere intelligent beyond their scope
\nWe would have most certainly<\/p>\n
Come along way passed where we
\nAre for surely they
\nHad myriads of knowledge
\nAnd could have shared the way
\nForward to advancement
\nInto the ethereal vein
\nAnd created far more beauty
\nAnd wonderment again<\/p>\n
Irreverence and ignorance
\nAnd so much disbelief
\nReally just indifference
\nAnd what was widespread grief
\nThe rush to make the changes
\nTo democratise and show
\nThe masses they were better off
\nIf they didnt know<\/p>\n
Much of what was going on
\nAnd they lived with dear
\nThe bogey man was everywhere
\nThreats were very clear
\nDishonesty top down and insincerity to boot
\nVenality and corruption
\nReally at the root<\/p>\n
Selfishness and wickedness
\nCrimes with out remorse
\nUnregretting obdurate
\nIntemperance of course
\nConsumerism self indulgence
\nDrugs and intoxication
\nLawbreaking really everywhere
\nRight across the nation<\/p>\n
Those indigenous elders
\nAnd there are some around
\nCondemned and punished
\nIn recent years
\nHave gone underground
\nSomewhat with their languages
\nAnd culture and their care
\nAnd they watch all the pollution
\nWhich is almost everywhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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