"...I will remember Princess."

REMEMBERING PRINCESS

Yesterday I saw a small bicycle. It was in many ways just another bike, but what it represented was much more than what it is. Boldly emblazonedon the pink chain guard was the name "Princess".

The little bike brought to mind many images. Most compelling was the image of the owner. It was a girls bike so it was clear that it had belonged to a little girl. I envisioned a small sandy haired girl about eight or nine, probably freckled faced, bright blue eyes, and a happy smile. Perhapsher father called her "Princess".

I could well imagine the little bicycle as a birthday present or maybe a Christmas present. Given by loving parents for her to enjoy. The little bike shiny and new, the little girl excited and appreciative.

The little bike would have meant many things to Princess, a loving gift, a rite of passage, Freedom.
Freedom to ride down winding country roads with her family or friends, or perhaps the freedom
to be alone for a while. It may well have been her prized possession.
A shiny new bike can be just that when your eight. Or nine.

The little bike hasn't been ridden in about two years now.
You see it cannot be.
The little bike is broken and crushed.
Princess is gone.

Again with it's broken spokes, bent frame, crushed pedals, the little bike tells a story.

It tells of a fifty one day siege. A campaign of terror, psychological warfare, violence, and death.
Fifty one days of knowing that day may be the last. Fifty one days knowing the enemy was at the door. Sometime during those fifty one days a tank crushed the little bike.
The little bike that proudly proclaimed "Princess".
The tank crushed more than the little bike, it crushed the hopes,
and freedoms that the little bike hadcome to represent.

It crushed Princess.

On the last day the tank set into motion the events that destroyed Princess and her family, turning their home into a funeral fire. The little bike that at one time represented so much love and hope, now also represents broken hopes and lost freedom, and the deaths of innocent children.

Many say that this was necessary, it was not. Others are indifferent,but I am not.

I, will remember, Princess. Michael Currin 4/19/95

Never forget the children...
Waco, Tx. April 19, 1993

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