Kenji didn't appear on the porch that day
I soon found out why,
At night there was a rumble of a bed being rolled down the hall.
Nurse Yasunaga came in,
saying Kenji had died.
I turned to the wall and let the tears come.
She guided me to the window,
I asked her if I was going to die.
She said I'll live,
I tried to believe her.
I really did.
I folded some more cranes, believing.
Four hundred and sixty-four...
five hundred and thirty-six to go.