Change

April 28th


Sis Kyoko
Came
Holding a large bag.


Light comforter
Fluffy Airy
Spring has come.


MAMA
Came
The full lineup of
Three are here.


Dried saury
Steaming rice
Onion and tofu miso soup
Celery, cucumber and tomato salad
Itadadakimasu
Let’s eat.


MAMA is moving.
It doesn’t sound real.
E-mails, phone calls
Many ways to connect
Won’t lighten up my deep desolation.


See you
Again
So long as I breathe.
Be well MAMA
Pinky swear


Goodbye
My friend of 30 years
Hope we could laugh
Together again.


Sayaka,
A flower in our office.
Came.


Sunny and sweet
Lively and earnest
Weather forecaster
What is the forecast of tomorrow’s
Weather for love?


Alone together
We talked up over cakes.
Girls talk heated up
Anything goes.
On this occasion, in that case.


21 O’clock
The home care helper is
Making preparations for bedtime.
A day flies by.


The sun sets and
The sun rises.
Through a single window
The sunlight
I gaze and
I know self
I know other.


Immobile
I dare to change the way I live
A little
From now on.


I look forward to
Meeting the person
I will be in one month.

by Maria Franki

Edited and translated by J. Ujiie
©2011