crisp
Autumn morning
“Please get me a towel”
Answer “hey”
There are good people (oops)
Said “hi”
I have a daughter
brush your teeth
Removing dentures
Wash the scabbard
It's short but
fingerless
Round
Strong hands
Can do anything
No bones at the stump
They also have soft arms
Can do anything
There are also short hands
There is there
Everyone is there
crisp
Autumn morning
This is a poem by Nakamura Hisako, also known as Japan's Helen Keller, who lived with both hands and feet amputated at age 3. Read more about Nakamura Hisako's life here ↓
http://www.nakamura-hisako.co.jp/index.html
“There is no hopelessness in life, there is never hopelessness in any life”
These are Nakamura Hisako's words.
I can't do that, I can't do this either. There are many people who despair over saying “no.”
However, even among them, if you wake up that being kept alive here and now is something that “exists,” a flower of hope will bloom in a hopeless life.
Perhaps Tamako's hope “exists” in her thoughts heading towards death, so I can't say anything about Tamako's decision.
Well, I would appreciate it if you could ask to the extent that such thoughts also exist.
There is life to wake up today too
There are tens of trillions of cells that keep me alive
I have a finger to type
I have a brain that thinks about ways to commit suicide
There are people who speak to me
That person has a wish for my life
Wishes have the power to keep people alive
There are words to express wishes
There is someone who taught me words
There is a Buddha that came to me in words
The name of that Buddha is Namu Amida Buddha
Namu Amida Buddha
Namu Amida Buddha is a statement of truth that says I should wake up to me. It is said that people who praise this nembutsu will be born in the Pure Land of Paradise.
My name is Nembutsu too. So maybe we'll meet again someday.
But hopefully, I'll be able to meet Tamako again in this lifetime.
Please say Namu Amida Buddha
There is a function to let you know who you are, saying, “You can be you.”
I met you and me.
There is me who decides not to do it.
When there is nothing, it is a position where “there is nothing.” No matter how far it goes, it's just there.
Namu Amida Buddha