Tsumura Yumiko / 津村由美子 – II
The Path Not Swept Away
—to the Surviving Victims of the Tsunami
in the time of expecting a divine
visitation of cherry blossoms
on the islands of Japan
the bottom of the pacific near the northern coast
opened a behemoth mouth and
swallowed the villages and towns
and the world watches smoke
from the Nukes
trembling in memory of black
rain after the pacific war
the claw marks coming live
out of the screen nights and days
tell our senses
the one is the all
and the all is the one
the dead shall die no more
after a short sleep they return to
a new you
and stay with you
and you breathe and grow
together
a warm blanket of
close-knit kinship is your
safety net
and soon
from the same sea that took
your loved ones and your life’s treasures
you will enjoy
seaweed and fish
again
—to the Surviving Victims of the Tsunami
in the time of expecting a divine
visitation of cherry blossoms
on the islands of Japan
the bottom of the pacific near the northern coast
opened a behemoth mouth and
swallowed the villages and towns
and the world watches smoke
from the Nukes
trembling in memory of black
rain after the pacific war
the claw marks coming live
out of the screen nights and days
tell our senses
the one is the all
and the all is the one
the dead shall die no more
after a short sleep they return to
a new you
and stay with you
and you breathe and grow
together
a warm blanket of
close-knit kinship is your
safety net
and soon
from the same sea that took
your loved ones and your life’s treasures
you will enjoy
seaweed and fish
again
