i keep hoping for the light.
following a severe wind and rain storm tuesday evening, my household lost its power. all night and through the morning. 12-1/2 hours of darkness.
i don't like the darkness. it's uncomfortable and frightening. i keep hoping for the light. it's been a sad week, thinking of the innocent victims in paris and around the world. all of the lives and livelihoods shattered as a result.
i thought of voicing my opinion. but you know what? i'm tired of hearing opinions.
about paris. about muslims. about foreign policy. about religion. about retaliation.
clashing and lecturing and arguing and expounding.
i don't like the darkness. it's uncomfortable and frightening. i keep hoping for the light. scattered reflections greet me each day and leave their impressions . . .
*the juxtaposition of the politicians' words:
"barbaric, an atrocious horror, an abomination" (the paris attacks)
"merciless, a strong crush, the right thing" (the syrian strikes)
*the video of the soccer players:
hearing the loud explosion, their confused faces
*the images of the syrian refugee children:
sleeping on the pavement or in the forest, their hollow eyes
*the numbers:
129 dead and 352 wounded in paris
115,000 police and army personnel mobilized across france
*the poignancy of john lennon's imagine lyrics:
musician davide martello setting up a piano outside the bataclan
coldplay's cover at a stripped-down livestream concert
*the french father and his young son:
"leaving the flowers to fight against the guns"
*the future for two young men:
my sons, fighting or free
although i'm rather apolitical, i do have strong opinions about these issues. i'm offering none of them today.
like so many others, i wish for peace. for humans to be treated humanely by other humans. for countries to end the divisiveness and dissension. for freedoms to stop slipping through my fingers.
i don't like the darkness. it's uncomfortable and frightening. i keep hoping for the light. imagine there's no countries it isn't hard to do nothing to kill or die for and no religion too imagine all the people living life in peace
you may say i'm a dreamer but i'm not the only one i hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one i've experienced the beauty and culture of paris. its rich history, its romantic enchantment, its cosmopolitan flair. it's held both fashion week and bloodshed through the years.
“i like the eiffel tower because it looks like steel and lace.” -natalie lloyd
i like that about it too. strong yet delicate. representing paris, the city of light. on the continent i will soon call home.
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