People stared at the camera unaware that 124 years later we would stare at them as we scroll on Instagram
Mesmerised we scroll through sunken faces
Strange innocence behind those haunting eyes
For they have known more hardship
Than our countenance affords us
And we intrigued can only wonder why?
Would they have ever envisaged that we would be watching clips of early camera work so long after and can we fathom people watching video of us 124 years from now?
Their stories would have been shaped by the Great War, unfathomable for them at that moment and yet in reality would take 1 in 5 from the trenches- hardship upon hardship.
Ruth Partridge 