Norman Kingsley, Turtle Pond, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 94 x 53 cm
Look up, my people,
The dawn is breaking
The world is waking
To a bright new day
When none defame us
No restriction tame us
Nor colour shame us
Nor sneer dismay.
Now brood no more
On the years behind you
The hope assigned you
Shall the past replace
When a juster justice
Grown wise and stronger
Points the bone no longer
At a darker race.
To our fathers’ fathers
The pain, the sorrow;
To our children’s children
the glad tomorrow.