Reiko YAMADA  : Our Wishes

What I cannot forget and cannot forgive is the terrible appearance of the people who were wounded and died by the atomic bomb. I clearly remember the face of my sister’s friend ugly destroyed by burns who called my sister’s name, the charred mother of my friend who returned to her children by crawling on all fours.  There were full of badly injured/burned people who had fallen on the road in the town. 

“There’s no sources of tears to weep. There is no mouth to cry. There is no skin on fingers and hands to squirm”. -: Sankichi Toge’s poem.  

Yes, that is exactly what happened. And furthermore, many people have been suffering from the damage to the human body caused by radiation. 

 As long as there are nuclear weapons, there is no peace on the earth.  So that the existing nuclear weapons are never used. I hope no more Hibakusha (A bomb survivors) would be created. I am talking about my experience of the atomic bombings while continuing the campaign of the abolition of nuclear weapons, hoping that the dead people as the foundation of peace will have a day of peaceful sleep as soon as possible.   Thank you for your cooperation to tell and spread our wishes.