A quick hippety-hop onto an antiquated transport
Brought her to a sacred island by the sea.
Where prayers are supposedly answered,
Mandatory touristic shots taken,
And the ubiquitous locals at ease with visitors.
Save for the usual egoistical males.
Feeling energetic,
Miss Loi made an attempt for the summit
To seek out an eternal flame.
Ok she cheated along the way 😛
The view from the top was a bit hazy,
As she checked out the latest hiking gear based on sophisticated Japanese technology.
Life’s pretty untroubled now.
Compared to sixty-two years ago, when an entire city was obliterated in an instant
By a flash from the sky, as our history textbooks say.
These days it’s a City of Peace.
A testament to mankind’s inhumanity.
A memorial to those (civilians, women, children and all) whom our history textbooks didn’t say.
One can only hope their lives were not given up in vain.
For each generation must always remember
That Peace is never overrated
And that we are all like fragile paper cranes
At the mercy of those who choose to walk away.
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal Death.
Albert Einstein
