The Death Poem of Kuroki Hiroshi


This brave man 

So filled with love 

For his country 

That he finds it difficult to die

Is calling out to his friends 

And about to die

 

 

I am recording this as a peace poem

Even though it was written

During a time of war

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kuroki Hiroshi was a Japanese sailor who died in a Kaiten suicide torpedo accident on 7 September 1944