Lately, I've become somewhat in love with capturing the feeling of what I have finally been able to put into words partly. Shining youth. Even these words don't really do it justice.
Other languages have words that can encompass what I mean by this. For example, Komorebi (木漏れ日). This Japanese word describes the sunlight as it sparkles through the trees. Cheongchun (청춘) is Korean for youth or "the springtime of life".
For me, the feeling of youth is both of these things. But also, like shadows and light dapple the ground when there is komorebi, so youth is scattered with happy and sorrowful moments. It is the soft splashes of calm waves on a sandy beach. It is the sweetness of popsicles under a warm blue sky, the kind you can split in two. It is the soft green of the trees and the soft hum of a fan left on. Youth is like the vernal spring and the reminiscence of summer.
I want to capture this feeling and keep it so I can hold on to it as long as I can.
What would you consider to be youth, in its purest definition?
