Tears and War
If I can grow to love what I hate
My fever will go down
And I'll never be afraid of any scary sounds
But I'll be careful
I hear a voice from somewhere in the distance
"Don't expect others to change this."
I don't even have time to breathe
I am so busy changing this world
Shall we receive those letters from survivors?
Just now, not to see anyone
I keep my mouth shut
And make myself calm down
At that moment, Mom said, "Run away!
You can live on and tell the reality of war!"
Only courage inside of me
Just enough to nod a little
Was shivering
The reality I'm facing is my friend
I'll pray for everyone
I wish you won't need to come here
After crying, the sadness will disappear
Please forget the tears you shed
When I had to register as a soldier,
I heard my number called so many times
I got tired of signing documents again and again
The white paper was full of letters
But my mind was blank and I couldn't read them
That paper seemed to be torn in my mind
I'm not strong enough to wish to be loved
Let me take a rest for a while
Because I'm tired
I should go home
While it’s stopped raining
Before it starts raining again
"I'm home"
No one's at home
I close my eyes
And wish I hadn't said
"I'll miss you."
To Mom
Leaving her sad
You can crouch down and hold your artificial legs
Now you can't move them anymore
You can take a rest for a while
But remember those suffering people
It might be hard to stop tears reflecting many colors
Let us keep them from falling on the ceiling
Of the bombed house
Please forget the tears you shed
I hear a voice from somewhere in the distance
"Don't expect others to change this."
I don't even have time to breathe
I am so busy changing this world
Shall we receive those letters from survivors?
THE Peace
The closer we are, the less we notice important things.
We always notice how important they are after we lose them.
We can’t notice them until we lose them.
We didn’t have to lose them, though.
Because we are like this,
we have things that we have to cherish.
It’s too late to notice them after losing them.
If we cherish just small happiness we have now,
the world will be the place we can call “peaceful”.
NaTuRaL
Natural. Natural for me. Natural for you. Natural for all.
But such a natural thing for us isn’t natural for somebody.
Daily three meals.
Drinks to drink when we feel thirsty.
The home to be back.
Greetings we receive to start a day when we get up in the morning.
Do you have a person who you think you need?
Your boyfriend or girlfriend.
Your friends and family.
Don’t you think it is natural that all of them are close to you?
Being able to be just beside a person who you need.
Having a good time with the person.
Seeing him or her.
Knowing who the person you need is.
These all things seem natural but they aren’t.
It is not natural
that not only a person who you need but even a stranger stay with you.
Even such things.
Even such things aren’t natural for somebody living in this world.
Please don’t forget this.
If you think it’s natural to have the things you have now,
you are in peace.
Please don’t forget
that something natural for you isn’t natural for a person here in front of you.
Please treasure the things or people around you.
If you have them, you are happy.
Music
I think people are influenced by music.
People are cheered up by music.
They can make many friends through music.
People’s hearts are connected best with music,
even though languages are different.
I have met various people
since I began playing the guitar in a band.
What we are doing now may be foolish.
But we are enjoying the activity.
I met some members of the band through music.
I think it is nice to make friends now.
So I love them and the activities to play music.
I want to keep on the activity of the band.
I want to cherish the activity and the members of the band from now on.
A Morning in August Was Painfully Sad
Something fell on August 6, 1945,
in the era I know nothing about.
What happened on this earth?
I don’t know anything about it,
but I must learn about it.
Because the fact “I’m here in this era now” connects with it.
Something finished on August 15, 1945,
in the era I know nothing about.
What did they fight for on this earth?
I don’t know anything about it.
I must learn about it.
Because the fact, “I’m still alive,” connects with it.
I want to learn about something I know nothing about.
Because I will keep on living on this earth.
Smiling Face
Young people don’t know how dreadful war is.
The number of people who know real of war is decreasing now.
I think they need to pass down how dreadful war is to young people
because I think if we know how horrible war is,
we can appreciate how precious peace is.
We must not think we are at peace now.
There are suffering people in the world now.
I want everyone in the world
to have a smiling face as soon as possible.
Peace
On August, 1945,
an atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima
and three days later over Nagasaki.
War was over,
and a long time has passed.
Peace memorial ceremonies are held
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki every year.
The ceremonies are held
to pray for
permanent peace in the world
and ease of atomic-bomb victims’ souls.
There are many people losing their lives in war
in the world still now.
I hope war will disappear
and that there will be no victims