Separated from friends with whom I was going to go to elementary school this spring

(by Ms. Maika Murakami, at Rikuzen takada-shi, Osabe Community Center, Kesen-cho, Rikkuzen Takada-shi, Iwate Pref. )
I am going to junior high school this spring, but all items prepared for were washed away including the uniform and school bag purchased anew. All my friends from the elementary school expected to go to the same junior high school, but some might go to the one nearby where they are staying now so we all are separated. I miss my friends.


Asahi Shimbun, 4/4/2011 , "Voices of victims to be heard"
Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano