Entombed Warriors

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Xian, September 20, 1984

Qin Shi Huang

(first Emperor of China)

Plotted his burial,

With careful and clear detail.

Called in his artists

To prepare for his resurrection.

Clay warriors and horses,

A legion of foot soldiers,

Cavalry,

Archers and Generals.

Swords, lances and spears,

And battle axes in bronze,

His artists made for him,

And

All guarded his secret

For 2,000 years

The Earth Mother

Nursed her son,

Until

By chance,

A pick and shovel,

Revealed his secret.

The earth opened up

And exposed to the world,

His fear,

His insecurity.