We came to this Earth without words. And in our thoughts we dreamt of the cosmos; looking towards the sky.

It was only until we defined it, that we knew what it was. We thought it was unreachable.

But we looked back and could see our own footsteps, tracing the path from long ago; where we came from all along.

They both meet together at this single point: the end and the beginning.

We are born without knowing who we are and we grow our lives to seek the answer to ‘I am’.

When I was born, I was nameless

like a water molecule.

But right away I was fed vowles mouth to mouth

consonants tickled my ears

I was called

and pulled away from the cosmos

Oscillating the atmosphere

carved into clay tablets. Inscribed in bamboo

recorded on sand

I would have loved to lose words

to be a tree in the singing wind

I would have loved to be a cloud from a hundred thousand years ago

Now I go back to be nameless

With dirt over my eyes, my ears and my mouth

With stars leading me by the fingers

In honor and remembrance of Hikari-san. A vlogger who made videos reading and speaking in Japanese ASMR in an effort to help others who shared her struggles with depression and anxiety.

She lost her battle with her own internal struggle February 2016.

She reads in a quiet whisper voice, called ASMR which stands for ‘Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response’ which creates a calming sensation in listeners.

Often used in helping those battle depression or anxiety, this technique creates a unique head sensation.