The Skies Belonged to the Southern Seas

The Skies of the Philippines, of the Hainan, of Sumatra

The Seas Belonged to the South

of the Philippines, of Hainan, of Sumatra

The Daughter Gazing Homeward is from Taiwan

the Daughters of Tainan of Taipei, and of Hualien

The Sun, Buried in the Tears

Your Tears, Mine Too, Hers, as Well

the artwork by the woman, from the papers online…

P.S.: Lien-Hua Chen was murdered in Cebu, the Philippines. In the air raids, this former Taiwanese comfort woman died, and she and her best friend from Hualien were both SHOT and killed, she’d not wanted her female companions remains to drift abroad, took a segment from her nails, and a lock of her hair, inside a tin box, carried with her, took her friend home.

This is a tragic story of war and death, and how this woman had, honored her friend by bringing her remains home, and now, the friend is home…and, there’s, this strong sense of being homesick, of being away from home, living in a foreign place, where you don’t fit in in this…