Mr Sato

Mr Sato we are sorry to hear

You have lost all you hold dear

If there is anything we can do

Tell the government and we will help you

I’ve lost my house and farm

The rushing waves did such harm

All I had was washed away

I need support to live day by day

We’re sorry to have to inform

You haven’t submitted the right form

If you give us information for these lines

We could dispense funds in 2 weeks time

As I said my house is long gone

The safe that held such things was flung

And tossed by waves 3 stories high

I was lucky that I did not die

Mr Sato it is hard to believe

Forgetting documents when you leave

If you had been more careful

We could be much more helpful

I am sorry I was running for my life

That’s the moment I lost my wife

I know not if she’s alive or died

Soldiers stopped the search I tried

Mr Sato your personal matters

May indeed be in tatters

Still that is not an excuse

For submitting paperwork so loose

But my children need food now

I am not even certain how

We will survive hereon in

Eating from evacuation center bins

Mr Sato do not make this emotional

The key is to remain rational

If you could get this paperwork done

I will stamp your forms and be gone

If it’s paperwork you require

Follow the path of flood and fire

Go search the radiation zone

They’re in the splinters of my home