Dona Nobis Pacem

Dona Nobis Pacem

Missy Blue Eyes' Peace Globe is at the very bottom of this post.

I shall write peace upon your wings,
your heart
and you shall fly
around the world
so that children will no longer have to die this way.

This haiku was written by Sadako Sasaki,
a young girl who died from radiation-induced leukemia while folding hundreds of origami cranes in a wish for world peace.
She has become a symbol of the impact of nuclear war.

August 15th is celebrated in Japan as annual Peace and Love Day in Sadako's memory.

During her last days, she heard the story that one who folded a Thousand Origami Cranes would be granted a wish. She began folding cranes while wishing there would never be any more wars. Legend has it she only folded 644 before her death, and that her friends finished the rest and buried them with her. She is often depicted in statues as holding a folded paper crane.

This is the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
The statue on the top is Sadako holding a paper crane.
A plaque at the foot of the statue reads:
This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world.


Let us all remember we have more in common than differences.

Dona Nobis Pacem

If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong
to each other.
.....Mother Teresa

Where it all began... Mimi's Blog... Fall 2006
Today, June 4th, is the 4th BlogBlast for Peace