Dappled Sunlight

Music is a medium that has the power to convey Ideas and feelings like no other. I heard a song named Komorebi by a Japanese artist named Hidetake Takayama. It's a piano driven instrumental that for some reason I just really enjoy. I can't really explain why, but this song was my jam for a long time. I finally decided to research the title and thanks to the power of the internet, I was able to learn that there is no direct english translation.

The first Google result mentions a meloncholic longing or nostalgia for a person place or thing that is far away from you. It goes on to say the interplay between light and leaves as sunlight shines through trees. Further results mention the the kanji for the word is built by three other words: tree, escape and light. Another entry says the closest phrase is Dappled Sunlight.

All of that works for me. I don't know the Hidetake's original intent but I get a sense of remembering with a touch of longing for happy days gone by. I think of my sister, my bother, my father. I think of the simple times when my biggest worry was something too stupid to even remember now. Happy times when tomorrow really didn't matter. Times sitting in the shade on a hot day with people who aren't around anymore. Dappled Sunlight.