Australia, my country

The dust devils keeps blowin around And I keep hearing the same old sound I’m not a stranger on my own land The soil under my feet has my blood mixed in the sand There’s no other place I want to be Australia my country surrounded by sea It doesn’t matter when my family came And for the sins of the past I do not share the blame Let’s stay together as one And celebrate our freedom so hard won The world should know we are Australian Forever now and in the future at no-one’s command. © Paul Warren Poetry