Dawn at the end of the Dream time,

Dawn at the end of the Dream time,   

White man arrives, Australia

He stood on the cliffs at dawn,

breathed in the salty air,

before the light had broken,

t’was the first time he’d been there,

He’d come up from the never never,

A million years asleep,

was awakened from the dream time,

in the land he was to keep ,

With  dreams of golden sunsets,

n’ lakes that   overflow,

mountains reaching   heaven,

now the dreamtime let him go,

The dark sky moved by shafts of light,

Blood red   it chased the clouds,

dressed as angels through the sky

the chariots trumpet loud ,

Purple  unicorns followed ,

while slow from  crimson crack,  

shafts of light   fired up  the blue,

 the gold blood fired back,

the man from never never

took in the scene,

while standing ever proud,

the tall ship cruised on by
half rigged,

his canon sounding loud,

he knew that time would start again,

 the dreaming river bend,

the dance ,

the land,

the spirit,

was finally at an end.

Ray Mclaren 2009