Last Conversation with My Daughter
written by: Mayumi Yamamoto
“What is the greatest
benevolence
worthy of a ticket to heaven
in my life?”
I ask myself
at the last moment
of my life,
then you reply
“You had Tenten,”
at my bedside.
Now, I bid you farewell.
“You had Tenten.”
I hear you repeat, and whisper into my ear,
“You’ll meet her very soon.”
You assure.
“She enjoyed her long life
filled with love and freedom.”
I hope she
agrees with you.
Once, I had Tenten.
And soon, I’ll have her again.
This time, I’ll never
let her go alone.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Photo: Tenten at the age of 20 in the room of my daughter
Mayumi Yamamoto is a writer and academic based in Kyoto, Japan. She studied in India and worked in Nepal as well as in Japan before her retirement. Her poems and other writings have appeared in the Space Ink, Literary Yard, Indian Periodical, RIC Journal and Ariel Chart.
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