Scattered innocence

April 2016

Scattered Innocence

Photographer: Laurel Guido Model: Madeline Ford HMUA: Andie Peirce

Rest -- CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

O EARTH, lie heavily upon her eyes;

Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;

Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth

With its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs.

She hath no questions, she hath no replies,

Hush'd in and curtain'd with a blessed dearth

Of all that irk'd her from the hour of birth;

With stillness that is almost Paradise.

Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her,

Silence more musical than any song;

Even her very heart has ceased to stir:

Until the morning of Eternity

Her rest shall not begin nor end, but be;

And when she wakes she will not think it long.

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Scattered innocence

Published on Jul 25, 2016

Laurel Guido

As a child, one begins with a gentle unblemished innocence and a trust in the universe. While exploring the topic of stolen youth, darker emotions and memories can be discovered in lightness and ethereality, giving true meaning beyond what is seen solely on the surface. As spring surrounds us, one’s innocence is symbolized by the small blue flowers carried throughout the journey in my story, their fragile petals drifting off along the way. These tiny petals represent each moment in one’s life that gradually and inevitably leads to this loss. At the end of the journey, the remaining petals and what is left of the flowers are cast into the river, representing the final moment in which one has finally lost the last of their innocence.

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