Tumbling from the heavens at a seething velocity, I gazed upon visions of mind-boggling fascination. I flew past nebulae holding infant stars, unperturbed by the frenzied hum of the energy surrounding them. I careered past angels, interrupting their calm peace with my palpable human roughness. I reached out my hands and with a ululation of sheer delight, I laid them upon the pearly white gates. Tumbling from the heavens into the deepest contours of the cosmos and beyond, I let my body, my mind and my soul accept. Engorged with wonder, I allowed myself to become a parcel for the…
Essays
The Implosion of Our Humanity*
Months afterwards, the destruction reaped by what some are calling the greatest technological marvel of all time is still just as horrifyingly acute and endless as it was on that fateful day that we, as humans, made a cognizant decision to let go of our humanity and tumble into the abyss of the lost, the lonely and the soulless. My name is Katsuyomo Komori. Those that know me call me Katsu, but I truly will harbor no resentment towards you if you call me that too. I live in Satura, a neighboring city of Hiroshima and I am still struggling…