Sadako Folding Cranes

Sadako is folding cranes

The color

Spills from the bed

Golden paper

Fold one thousand

Gods will grant you a wish

One mile from Misasa bridge

The Atom

Bomb explodes

She is blown out of the window

She is two years old

This is our cry

This is our prayer

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Ten years later

Swollen purple legs

Her pool-black eyes

Family huddles 'round the bed

Her last meal

Tea on rice

This is our cry

This is our prayer

This is our cry