The artist of this stunning photo is a South African cinematographer named Zeno Peterson. Her wonderful photo was photo of the day yesterday at Webstagram.
Ella, at Real Toads, has issued a photo challenge, to select a photo from those she posted on the Toads site, or other winning photos here, and write to the one we pick.The above photo was photo of the day yesterday. As the Japan tsunami hit me hard, this photo really spoke to me about the resilience of the Japanese people, with its inspirational and hopeful message of reconstruction and recovery.
Reuters says 300,000 are still homeless and 3300 unaccounted for. The photo below is what the landscape looked like last year, but, while there is still much to do, much rebuilding has been done. The Japanese people are well accustomed to dealing with the aftermath of devastation, one piece of wood, and one small cleared space at a time.
Atop the wreckage,
a symbol of hope,
of strength,
of determination to overcome,
waves in the aftermath
of destruction:
proudly, stating:
we shall endure.
Each stick of wood,
each pile of rubble,
slowly is moved from the pile
and cleared away.
On the smoothed, reclaimed surface,
she sits, red balloons
cheerful and hopeful
testaments
to all that has been done,
all there is
yet to do.
Below, the ground
re-emerges,
the buildings are
patched and healed,
hearts lifting
with the stoic
and over-arching spirit
of a people:
we shall overcome.
