Shadows of bodies
Seared on stone steps that sunny
Morning in Hiroshima.
Sentinel at the Peace Memorial
A baby Buddha
Remains in radioactive rubble.
How many Buddhas must die
Before we learn
Every birth is
The birth of a Buddha?
荒井・ポーラ著『Painting Enlightenment』（2019）より
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