Blythe Quake
Blythe-a-Day July#27: Sun: Wyn After Bastille Day...
"I can't get used to living here
While my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you..."*
As the sun streams through the window on the day after Bastille Day, Wyn is surrounded by shadows and light, a juxtaposition that reflects her mood. Her family thinks of Wyn as their little angel because of her positive and hopeful attitude. Yet, after the latest of what seems like a steady outburst of national and international tragedies, even an angel can feel dejected.
Wyn contemplates a medal that she has come across from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and contemplates the words engraved on it: "Guardian angel, protect me."
These words play over and over in her mind as images haunt her:
The man sitting on the ground next to the covered body of a child...*
The babydoll laying next to the covered body of the child who loved it...*
The drawing of the babydoll crying as she touches the lifeless hand of the child who had treasured her companionship...**
*"Photograph" written by George Harrison, recorded by Ringo Starr
*Photos taken the aftermath of the Bastille Day massacre
***Cartoon tribute to Bastille Day victims reprinted in The Telegraph
Blythe-a-Day July#27: Sun: Wyn After Bastille Day...
"I can't get used to living here
While my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you..."*
As the sun streams through the window on the day after Bastille Day, Wyn is surrounded by shadows and light, a juxtaposition that reflects her mood. Her family thinks of Wyn as their little angel because of her positive and hopeful attitude. Yet, after the latest of what seems like a steady outburst of national and international tragedies, even an angel can feel dejected.
Wyn contemplates a medal that she has come across from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and contemplates the words engraved on it: "Guardian angel, protect me."
These words play over and over in her mind as images haunt her:
The man sitting on the ground next to the covered body of a child...*
The babydoll laying next to the covered body of the child who loved it...*
The drawing of the babydoll crying as she touches the lifeless hand of the child who had treasured her companionship...**
*"Photograph" written by George Harrison, recorded by Ringo Starr
*Photos taken the aftermath of the Bastille Day massacre
***Cartoon tribute to Bastille Day victims reprinted in The Telegraph