The Germans march into Paris WW2. Citizens are forced to welcome them.
three word wednesday
his face
is ours
a mirror of emotion
trust is destroyed
an invasion rocks the soul
a tsunami of suffering
must be endured
and
we are changed
forever
forever
forever
a tsunami of suffering, hmm that says it all and how could we not be changed...
ReplyDeletevery powerful.
ReplyDeleteSo powerful and moving.
ReplyDeleteI had the honor yesterday of listening to two survivors and the stories. one of them made a point of saying how important it was to share their story with the young generation, because they need to pass it on when all the survivors are gone so such a horrific event won't happen again. it really does stay with you and change you.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents generation. They pass it down and I will pass it on..yes, it is important!
DeleteNot only that they had Lebrun as president and Petain as prime minister to govern them who many thought as traitors and their country was divided between German controlled north and Vichy France in the south. Appeasement clearly didn't work and De Gaulle led the resistance from his HQ in the UK. I think I would have looked this guy!
ReplyDeleteMost assuredly so. Powerfully captured.
ReplyDeleteYes forever changed..you do such justice to this powerful image..
ReplyDeleteForever ...so very true. In looking at the picture, I wonder, did the people behind the man in so much pain have any idea of what was to come?
ReplyDeleteThis is why we must know our history. If we don't know our past, we're doomed to repeat it. So many people these days think it couldn't happen again. It could. Maybe not with Germany, which is now peaceful, but with some other nation bent on power over others.
ReplyDeletewe can only hope that history will not continue to repeat itself over and over again...
ReplyDeleteI know I'm echoing everyone else, but this poem is so powerful. You said so much with so few words.
ReplyDelete" Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorising it " Leonardo Da Vinci... Life in Art and Thoughts
ReplyDeleteThank you to all for your appreciative comments.
Power packed echo reverberating here, and the photo talks Well said!! of the repercussions on the common man!!
ReplyDelete"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crises maintain their neutrality."
ReplyDelete(Dante)
Every generation demands 'La Résistance française'; including our own.
"History does not teach fatalism. These are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve."
(Charles De Gaulle)