Komorebi

In the hush of dawn, I walk alone, with sleepy steps and thoughts half-grown. The trees, they stretch in silent grace, as sunbeams paint the morning’s face. The birds begin their tender song, and somehow, I just hum along. Each leaf it sways, each breeze, it stays, like God walks with me here today. My shoes find joy in fallen leaves, a crunch beneath the cool-kissed breeze. And all at once, I feel it there, the light that filters through the air. At sunset too, when school is done, I chase the gold behind the sun. A jeepney ride, a fading hue, the trees all bathed in honeyed blue. Through branches stretched across the sky, the light peeks in, a soft goodbye. It dances, dreamy, light and free— a glimpse of Heaven: komorebi. -- Komorebi: A Japanese word that means sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees.