When I die
I want to be cremated and my ashes thrown into my hometown Tone River
I would hate to be enclosed in a “crypt” or a “grave”!
During the daytime the sun shines brightly
At night the stars reflected on the surface will look over me – and I’ll flow into the ocean
Then I will truly be free

Source: Tokuji Suzuki’s collection of paintings: Proof of Life – From a Hansen’s Disease Sanatorium, (Koseisha, 2002).