An Open Letter to Amerindia (abbreviated)

jamaicawrites:

by Carla Moore (Writer) and Mario Guthrie (Photographer)

xaymaca
land of your naming
we say Jamaica
like you were never here
Jamaica 50
what of xaymaca?
in 50 years it was gone
I know not how I got here
indentured-servant-slave
but for staying
I apologise
you were a story
Taino
a thing a black child learned
Arawak
a part of Jamaica’s history
the part before the real part
I apologise.

Another 62 words is headed your way tomorrow as we wind down edition 2: 62 words of Jamaica Writes. - JW