The Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace

In a not so distant era
when an Emperor reigned supreme.
The Imperialist Army of Japan
wrought destruction
And sought fresh land to claim.
An equal in warfare
And a Pacific battleground.
Did two Armies collide,
two worlds to mine.
A war, utterly relentless.
Without end in sight
A General.
The master of life and of death.
Made the call of death.
The bombs fell
And Japan was shattered
Delivered the final blow

Many years later
I stand before ground zero
mixed emotions stir within
the pot that is my heart.
As the Japanese winds sullen speak
of a once broken people,
now stronger than ever before.
The Manhatten Project spelled death
to Nagasaki and Hiroshima,
that the Atom bomb did fall.
A nuclear devastation
infecting generations to come.
That generation infected
of nuclear disease.
Stand before me now
with only compassion
and a welcoming heart.

For they felt no need of vengeance
as they knew to rise above.
And set an example to all who will hear
Their far cry from anger.
For they sing to the memories banished
and strive only for friendship to all
and who better to lead the world to peace
than a people who have known the greatest pain?
Hear their message
As they have the only right
to truly speak.
The Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace
rings forever true.
And will resonate within you.