In this memory, I’m about ten. Every afternoon, I come home from school feeling hungry. As my house comes into sight, my head is full of what I might eat for snack once I get back home. My mother usually has something prepared for me, whether it’s some snack bread, some sweets she’s got from […]
I’m about four in this memory. It’s evening. I’m standing in the playground with my mother and brother, and right in front of us is our apartment block. I point to the rows and rows of tiny balconies. “Which one is our home?” I ask. I know my apartment is on the second floor, but
I’m about fourteen in this memory. Early May, our annual family gathering takes place in a Japanese hot spring resort. I take a long bath with other female relatives, and when we come out, we spend some time cooling down in the changing room. While older relatives chat on the bench, I walk over to
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Walk in the woodsYou stop suddenlyPointing to the groundThere it is, a rabbit The rabbit is very stillEating somethingWe also become stillHolding our breath Suddenly, time stopsBarrier disappearsWe are the rabbitThe rabbit is us In the magical silenceWe have become one with the woodsNobody can tellWho is who anymore
