星と森 One after another Flocks of snow geese flush from the beach Swarming in the sky Winding their way miles and miles Back to their homeland far up North
Beyond Music Noriko Sato 佐藤 紀子
Two snow geese stood on the spring beach When our eyes met, the stray geese flushed away Croaking their duet in the sky
From nowhere wells up a huge chorus of returning snow geese…. Louder and louder they sing delivering spring all over
Thirteen years old Anne plays cello at her Mom’s funeral The Lullaby by Brahms makes us recall the warm days she had spent with her Mom,….Yoko
The tune is off, tone is hoarse but there is something beyond music in Anne’s cello today What is it ? Only her Mom, Yoko, would know.
The Lullaby Anne plays reaches out for her Mom “Are you listening, Mom Yoko? This is ONE Lullaby I have never heard before”
Newly Born Noriko Sato 佐藤 紀子
My dear mother, your favorite grandson became a Dad …if only you were still around to see how he smiles at the baby
Wrapped in a sky blue blanket tiny and fragile the newly born is sleeping with his eys closed tight with his lips sometimes moving
“Mark”, so they named “Mark!”, “Mark!”, so they call After a while, the newly born has become none other than Mark
Thirty years ago your Dad used to cry so sadly and desperately And now, Baby Boy, you are crying just as he did
The baby gurgles “Agoo…” his Mom responds “Agoo?” the first conversation so simple and so short but so rewarding to parents