Stillmoss
A hot spring in a forest at dawn: steam over dark water between mossy boulders, and at the far end a low cedar bathhouse with a lit doorway

An hour of quiet.

At the edge of the spring a hand sets the fifth smooth dark stone on top of a small tower of stones

Stone.

Five warm stones

Water.

Rose petals fall from a hand into a wide stone bowl of water on a walnut table; an unlit candle stands beside it

One bowl of water

The flame of a match touches the wick of an ivory candle and the wick takes; the stone bowl with floating petals stands behind

Quiet.

One candle

By candlelight a thin stream of golden oil runs from a small glass bottle into an open palm held over the stone bowl

A palm of oil

By a window on the misty spring a hand pours tea from a small iron teapot into a cup that stands beside a folded towel on a wooden bench

Steam.

Leave your phone at the door.

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