Elegy For Marie

Send a tear to your lapel for the debt you owe Marie and others of her ilk, it's just as well still not nearly as good as opening our eyes Marie & Remi Ochlik were shelled out of existence while reporting to those who would pay attention the dark deeds of Syrian powers A decade ago they took her eye in Sri Lanka, but not her vision War correspondent or photographer is a risky title to carry in many places on the globe, but needs to be carried with a terminal conviction to those gentle of peace Drones, tanks, and roadside IED's all meant to turn dialogue into monologue...into diatribe that usurps the power of each individual for another's own Let us thank the megaphone, the megapixeled shutterer, and the twitterer, the militant peacenik who will not be silenced into any form of domination © Goode Guy 2012-02-22 http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/news/article874796.ece http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/22/147247598/killing-continues-in-syria-two-western-journalists-among-reported-victims http://www.newsday.com/news/american-war-reporter-marie-colvin-killed-in-syria-1.3548091 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Colvin for: Marie Colvin & all war reporters