The Aboriginal Poem by Laurence Overmire

You cannot capture the spirit of a people
In a word, a photograph, or a song

The wild horses of our nature
Cannot be corralled in the narrow confines

Of our preconceived notions of who we would like
Or expect the other to be

We are like the wind, all of us
And must be free

And in our freedom, in the respect we show
For those who are different

We give life to one another, breath
Purpose and meaning

The separate parts in all their splendor
Contribute

To the sanctity of the unified
Whole.

~ Laurence Overmire