I feel this might the place I can share something I wrote.

I am a third-generation Danish Australian, and although my family has faced struggles here, it has created a unique story. I am continuously inspired by my heritage and culture, which play a significant role in shaping my identity. With a lifelong love for music and history, I wrote these lyrics inspired by an Icelandic lullaby from the 19th century. This work is still in progress, but I imagine explaining to my ancestors where I am in my creative process.

It combines elements from Australia and the Nordic journey, including accounts of arriving here (such as the tale of a Norwegian who was stranded off the coast of Western Australia a century ago, bravely swam to shore, battled a shark with a knife, and lived to tell the tale... then returned to Norway.



forbindelse

Hush
Sleep now child
We are far away from the cracking
Ice
We are now in a place of warmth
And bounty

We live now closer to where’s surtur rests
And the fire giant crack the soils

We long for our home in the north
But are blessed and cursed with our new home land.

Days are hot and the sun blisters our fair skin
Life is not without hardship

Happy are we to be near the sea
But dangers lurk beneath

Be happy and healthy
But always wary

Never forget where you are from and those who came before you

this land isn’t out of thor’s reach
His mighty hammer can still be heard …