Lutetia

Le Retour des Déportés Prompt #25

She stands on a precipice unmoved by the passage of time. Small glimpses of glamor create the illusion of a snapshot of civility.

Thin passageways are membranes of resistance shrouded in memories recorded on slides showing secrets of the past. Contrasts of war with the defiant return of twenty thousand souls from the depths of the camps. She embraced each one.

Restoration of humanity through the revolving door spinning ceaselessly through the ages.

Each turn reflects the silence of a different time. Unassailable she stands filled with spirits herself a ghost.

When I discovered that Paris used to be called Lutetia, I fell into a rabbit hole and discovered the hotel Lutetia, which accepted all of the survivors of the Holocaust as they returned to life from a place of horror. It was a fascinating glimpse into a piece of history that I’d never considered before.

Lutetia: “rocked by the waves but does not sink” Fluctuat Nec Mergitur

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