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When
Crepe Myrtles Bloom
Masahisa
Goi
- When crepe myrtles
and oleanders bloom
I remember the day the
atomic bomb was dropped -
With these words,
everyone in Hiroshima cries.
Saying so, my wife, a
native of ground zero
Wets her eyes with
tears
In the sorrow of
losing many of her students and acquaintances.
Despite the
knowledge
That human life and
death totally lie in the hands of God,
We pity the ones who
died
And feel the heavy
responsibility assigned to us who survived.
I am aware from the
very depth of my heart
Of the weight of life
of a hundred million people,
Nay three billion
people,
Nay all the souls who
departed to the other world.
May peace prevail on
Earth
Let eternal peace
visit this land,
We feel the strong
will of God in our urge to offer this prayer.
Smelling of
conflicts
Not just in
Vietnam,
Not just between
Israel and the Arab countries,
But in every part of
the Earth,
We pray the invocation
for world peace
So that the tragedy of
the atomic explosions
And the catastrophe of
major wars
Will be prevented from
occurring again in this world,
And so that we will be
able to manifest in this world
A perfectly harmonious
world
A world that accords
with the mind of God.
I see my garden with a
prayerful heart,
A garden planted with
a tree of crepe myrtle,
A memory of
Hiroshima
And
oleander,
A gift from a friend
of mine.
Both are blooming
their beautiful flowers
And are offering their
prayers for world peace,
An annual
commemoration of more than ten years.
Note: Crepe myrtles
and oleanders typically bloom with pink, red, and white flowers in summer in
Japan.
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Masahisa Goi, please click
here.
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