White Light\Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Page #4

but there were

so many people.

She walked through

the entire place

whispering my name

in people's ears.

Finally she found me.

This is what l looked like

after they took off

the bandages

and the bleeding stopped.

l regained consciousness.

You see my burned

and infected body.

They had to pull

the bandages

off and on regularly.

The pain was so intense,

l'd pass out.

The worst thing

was the maggots

eating my flesh.

That was pure hell.

The patients

in the hospital

both the adults

and the children

would hear the nurses

coming down the hall

and as they approached

everyone would beg

to be killed.

lt hurt so much.

l lay in bed immobile

for 21 months.

l developed wounds

from the bed sores.

Also on the side

of my face.

These are my ribs.

You can see my heart beating

between the ribs.

The heat rays melted my arm

and my skin was hanging down.

My back was burned

all the way down.

lt hurt everywhere.

They ripped the gauze

off my back,

l tried to bear the pain

but at that moment

l started yelling at them

to kill me.

Everyday, the pain

was unbearable.

All l could think about

was dying.

The doctors were clueless

about how to treat me.

They still don't know.

After a year and a half,

l left the hospital.

They drove me

to the train station.

The station was crowded

with people.

Suddenly, they noticed

my burnt face.

They all stared

at me with horror.

l didn't have the

courage to stare back.

l just looked down

and cried.

l hid in a corner

until the train arrived.

l cried the entire

When l got home,

l wouldn't leave the house.

l wouldn't go outside, ever!

l was very stubborn about it.

l told my mother

that l would rather die.

As l cried, my mother

looked away.

She just ignored me.

When my crying

turned into a whimper,

she swooped in

next to me.

She said, ''lf it makes you feel better

to cry, then cry all you want.''

''Mommy will be by your side

no matter what happens.''

l think it was her love

that saved me.

But then

people who should've been

getting better

came down with

''atomic bomb disease.''

No doctor had

seen this before.

l had a high fever

but there was

no treatment for it.

On the outside,

people looked normal

but they were very lethargic.

l'd collapse,

lose consciousness.

Everything became blurry

and l'd faint.

There were many

strange symptoms--

hair loss, bleeding,

purple spots.

People said that we

had some kind

of contagious disease.

No one would

come near us.

So many health problems.

l would bleed from my ass,

from my gums.

My liver swelled up.

My kidneys stopped working.

A life of sickness.

Tens of thousands got sick.

And they were dying,

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