Someone must have planted it many years ago; perhaps it had only been a little plant back then and the person who put it in the earth never had the chance to see it in full bloom. Intertwined with the passionflower, the roses had climbed up and covered almost half of the brick wall at the back of the garden. The scarlet and purple flowers were so vibrant, it surprised Claire that something so beautiful was able to grow in this little dark backyard, and she couldn’t help but hesitate before she snipped off a bunch of roses with the secateurs. There was something sacrilegous about it, like when she had taken that glorious orchid while on a walk, which had then wilted by the time they got home. Why did she have to take it; wasn’t it enough just to look at it? But this time, the flowers weren’t for herself. Claire looked up into the bright blue sky and followed the white jetstream of a plane leaving London. How quickly this year had passed, she thought. How good the world was at looking normal and concealing its tragedies.
What do You think about The Sky Is Changing (2010)?
