Reiko Shimizu

“Awaking a Dead Baby”

An abandoned piece of burnt wood 

by a river I have found

a trace of life, trace of lives

a trace of time, trace of times

embracing the lives and times 

gently into my arms

I have tried to awaken the life

I have tried to awaken the time

soaking the lives into the water

dipping the times into the water

I have tried to awake a dead baby alive

by an abandoned piece of burnt wood

lying down by its side

I heard of a song of silence

I heard a song of eternity