I Can Fly Some Day

March 30th

My life is confined in the apartment,
Where I could welcome 9 persons today.
It's much better than being alone.
Company trrnsformed the meal into a feast.

Naoko ma and Maho are lauging.
Three of us together has turned saddness into a laugh.
It's a magic.

Sis Kyoko is very caring.
Rather all the way at once,
Inch by inch
She pulls my PJ down.
My worn out PJ
She pulls down carefully and gently.
She even cares about the PJ.
I thought I wanted to live for this person.

Spring is just around the corner.
Soft and warm time is coming.
I want to walk in the sunlight.
From now on my heart warms up
To feel fully and fully.
And comes the end of me
Peacefully.

The sound of night
I listen to, holding my breath.
I hear the sound of being.
Conversation between me and the universe.

When I die, I am the sound of the night.
My being becomes the sound and run through the night sky and through the universe.

Even my life is mostly confined in the apartment
I can go to the celestial space someday.
It doesn't matter I can't walk.
I will fly.

Poem by Maria Franki

Edited and translated by J. Ujiie

©2011