Monday, March 12, 2012
One year after
It is one year since the first reactor of Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant burst. The unranium fuel of the three reactors and the pools is still out of control emitting radioactive particles into the air.
In 1995 when the great earthquake hit my hometown, Kobe, I learned that my life is beyond my control. My life is in the hand of nature and I am alive on its mercy. What I can do is to live my life everyday loving and respecting the great nature.
In 2011 I learned that Uranium is beyond human control. Uranium, which has been radioactive since the Earth was born, will be so in 4.5 billion years. How come human can control the substance with such great energy and time?
In the crazy world where
Uranium is burning
Way out of control
Cherry trees are blooming with
More beauty and dignity
Now I know that the only thing we can do is stop trying to control uranium or the substance from the great universe. We have to know that we are as helpless as cherry blossoms, and the same time as beautiful as them. If you can live your life with beauty and dignity on this great planet, what else should you want?
Note: English tanka poem by the author, Kaoru Kobashi
