Another poem from Ali Cobby Eckermann taken from Too Afraid to Cry,  her 2012 poetic memoir.

Family

Nana yells over the campfires
wiya wanti, whitefella wiya
this my family, they bin taken away
this my family, they bin come back now
we gotta teach them proper way

she laughs and holds my hand
is right now she smiles
sit down on the munda
and the learning begins

now Nana has passed away
how will I learn?
I still can’t talk my language

Aunty yells over the campfires
wiya wanti, whitefella wiya
this my family, they bin taken away
this my family, they bin come back now
we gotta teach them proper way

she laughs and holds my hand
is right now she smiles
sit down on the munda
and the learning begins