Komorebi / Julie Han

Komorebi


By Julie Han

Walking towards the tree,
The branches of opportunity.
Society lays them out for you.
Always having to follow through.
Fight their words, fight them hard
It is time for you to find your start.

Komorebi is a Japanese word which means sunshine filtering through the leaves of trees. I believe that komorebi represents the act of removing the negativity in the life of an individual, leaving them with all the possibilities of leading their own life. For me, in my life, this means countering the expectations which are thrown at me and accepting those which positively shape me as a human.