We arrived with expectations

May 07, 2026 Letters

Dear Editor,

We arrived with expectations

Agreement made and contract signed

Payment to be made and return guaranteed

After keeping our commitments betrayal awaited

Contract broken and agreement discarded

They kept not their word

Promises broken and advantage taken

We looked upon the land and saw opportunity

We made the most of what was before us

We made this land ours

Remembering the circumstances that kept us here

Remembering what they did to us

Remembering to not trust so easily

We arrived with expectations

God took us and changed our lives for the better

A strange land has now become ours

A land where we can become strong

A land where we overcame those who took advantage of us

We arrived with expectations

We stay because we became stronger

We stay because our ancestors also rest here

We stay because this land is now also ours

And we say

Never again will they cheat us!

We came with expectations

Expectations still held today

They come to our shores again

Trying to get their own way

Contract in hand

Obtained by unscrupulous means

They say we must honour it

While they deceive

My brothers and sisters

Let’s learn from our past

We must renegotiate for fair terms

Before they try to economically enslave us

As they did when that mainstay was cast

Freedom is ours to keep

We must not give it away

The future is ours

Let’s not waste our arrival day

In honour of the arrival of our ancestors!

Best regards,

Mr. Jamil Changlee

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