Komorebi

Komorebi : Japanese Noun 木漏れ日 (hiragana こもれび)  meaning the interplay between light and leaves when sunlight shines through trees.

We always give

bouquets of flowers.

Today,

I make an offering

of a bouquet of foliage.

Day-dreaming

on my back,

on a rolling tumulus

of verdant green,

in a grove,

looking up

at a canopy of leaves,

as the dappled sun filters through,

creating a myriad mesh,

specks of gold,

chiaroscuro and sfumato.

I have picked

Chinar from the hills,

Mango leaves from the plains

and

Palm leaves

from the coasts

of my beloved country,

to create this

golden glorious offering,

in a three layered flotilla

in the sky.