Essence of Country
By Natahlee, Year 10
In the heart of her land, her spirit soars high,
an Aboriginal woman, beneath the vast sky.
Connected to Country, her roots run deep,
in the whispers of nature, her secrets to keep.
She tends to the Earth with gentle care,
Guardian of land, the bond she’ll always bear.
With reverence and love, she nurtures the land,
protecting its beauty, hand in hand.
Through fire and flood, through seasons that change,
she stands as a keeper, in a world so strange.
In her soul, the essence of Country will stay
an Aboriginal woman, in harmony’s sway.
This poem, Essence of Country, by Natahlee is an excerpt from Postcode Stories 2747. Throughout 2024, Story Factory worked with the students at Cambridge Park High School to produce a collection of stories and poems about place and belonging. From fantasy prose to poetic memoir, the students’ musing and individual approaches to storytelling demonstrate their highly personal connections to place. Their words are proudly published in the final book, Postcode Stories.
Postcode Stories was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
