DENNIS URAMANI
This poem is dedicated to all Papua New Guineans who love our unique, beautiful and culturally diverse country as we are now faced by the stunning forces of globalisation in this 21st century….
In the days of our forefathers
In the days of hunters and gatherers
In the days of our own world view
We lived in communal societies
We shared the common good
We shared the blood shed together
We were hit by the surprise wave of colonisation
European expansion at our doorstep
A new chapter and a new world view
We lost our shared values
We lost our cultural identities
We lost our generation
Divided we fall
United we stand
A dawn of new era