Matlacihuatl

My parents named me Matlacihuatl, 11 years ago when I was just another baby in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. I liked it there in Tenochtitlan; we had amazing things like aqueducts that transport the water around the city, watering systems, streets and bridges that connected the city with little islands. We also had Chinampas; little islands where we practiced agriculture to feed our population.

I lived with both of my parents, my mother C´hiaclezan stayed at home taking care of my 25 bothers and sisters, I know they had a lot of fun or that is what my friends said. My father Ticzeltan was a craftsman, we had just the enough to survive but we did not have any luxuries.

Life was good in Tenochtitlan, there were different social classes and people got treated different but we lived at peace, off course there was misunderstandings but life was nice and calmed. The only things I did not liked or understand were the human sacrifices, my parents said they were sacred and necessary for the gods to protect us and bless our society but I found them disgusting and inhuman.

But darkness came and surrounded us, these darkness I like to call Spaniards. These horrible people arrived around 1519, lead by the bloody Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés. When these demos arrived our leader Moctezuma welcomed them graciously, he believed these disgusting creatures were descendants of one of our gods but I did not bought that.

One of us, a woman named Malinche who was the translator of Hernán Cortéz betrayed us and fell in love with this miserable man and had a baby. This woman was crucial in the conquest of Mexico; she helped the disgusting Spaniards to take away our land and make them theirs without any hesitation. It’s a misery what stupid love can do, I really do not understand why people fall in love, I really do not see point in that. I promise to never fall in love ever in my life and never betray my people for a repugnant man.

It is a shame how our beautiful city and society fell for some stupid mistakes and misunderstandings, I really miss my home, my friends, my family; I really miss my life as it used to be.