You leave the door open.

The air is thick.

It smells of rot and rosewater.

You are the keeper.

You are the merchant of breath.

The hall is cold.

Stone floors.

High windows.

Light falls in shafts.

Dust motes dance.

They are alive.

They are dead.

You do not care.

You have your work.

The jars are on the table.

Glass.

Clear.

Empty.

Not empty.

Full of potential.

Full of hunger.

You pick up the first one.

It is heavy.

It is light.

It is warm.

It is cold.

You hold it to your ear.

It whispers.

It screams.

It sings.

You know the song.

You have heard it before.

In other lives.

In other halls.

In other times.

You are not new here.

You are old.

Older than the stone.

Older than the dust.

Older than the light.

You are the cycle.

You are the wheel.

You turn.

You turn.

You turn.

The first jar is full of smoke.

Black smoke.

Sweet smoke.

It smells of burnt sugar.

It smells of old books.

It smells of grief.

You pour it into your mouth.

It burns.

It soothes.

It tastes of ash.

It tastes of honey.

You swallow.

The pain is sharp.

The pain is soft.

The pain is yours.

You are the vessel.

You are the cup.

You are the mouth.

You drink the world.

The world drinks you back.

You feel the weight of it.

The weight of the past.

The weight of the future.

The weight of the now.

It is too heavy.

It is too light.

It is just right.

You set the jar down.

It is empty again.

The glass is clean.

The glass is stained.

The glass is broken.

You pick up the second jar.

It is full of water.

Clear water.

Still water.

It smells of rain.

It smells of earth.

It smells of memory.

You pour it into your mouth.

It is cold.

It is wet.

It tastes of iron.

It tastes of salt.

You swallow.

The cold is biting.

The cold is healing.

The cold is yours.

You are the vessel.

You are the cup.

You are the mouth.

You drink the world.

The world drinks you back.

You feel the weight of it.

The weight of the past.

The weight of the future.

The weight of the now.

It is too heavy.

It is too light.

It is just right.

You set the jar down.

It is empty again.

The glass is clean.

The glass is stained.

The glass is broken.

You pick up the third jar.

It is full of air.

Thin air.

Sharp air.

It smells of ozone.

It smells of blood.

It smells of fear.

You pour it into your mouth.

It is thin.

It is sharp.

It tastes of nothing.

It tastes of everything.

You swallow.

The thinness is vast.

The sharpness is deep.

The nothingness is full.

You are the vessel.

You are the cup.

You are the mouth.

You drink the world.

The world drinks you back.

You feel the weight of it.

The weight of the past.

The weight of the future.

The weight of the now.

It is too heavy.

It is too light.

It is just right.

You set the jar down.

It is empty again.

The glass is clean.

The glass is stained.

The glass is broken.

You look at your hands.

They are shaking.

They are still.

They are moving.

They are still.

You look at the jars.

They are empty.

They are full.

They are gone.

They are here.

You look at the door.

It is open.

It is closed.

It is open.

It is closed.

You walk to the door.

The floor is cold.

The floor is warm.

The floor is hard.

The floor is soft.

You step outside.

The air is thick.

The air is thin.

The air is sweet.

The air is bitter.

You are outside.

You are inside.

You are both.

You are neither.

You are the keeper.

You are the merchant.

You are the ghost.

You are the man.

You are the woman.

You are the child.

You are the old.

You are the young.

You are the dead.

You are the alive.

You are the one who leaves.

You are the one who stays.

You are the one who returns.

You are the one who never was.

You are the one who always will.

You stand in the courtyard.

The stone is cold.

The stone is warm.

The stone is hard.

The stone is soft.

The sky is high.

The sky is low.

The sky is blue.

The sky is black.

The stars are out.

The stars are in.

The stars are bright.

The stars are dim.

You look up.

The stars look down.

They see you.

You see them.

They know you.

You know them.

They remember you.

You remember them.

They forgive you.

You forgive them.

They love you.

You love them.

You are the star.

You are the earth.

You are the space.

You are the time.

You are the wheel.

You turn.

You turn.

You turn.

The wheel stops.

The wheel moves.

The wheel breaks.

The wheel is whole.

You are the wheel.

You are the axle.

You are the hub.

You are the rim.

You are the spoke.

You are the dust.

You are the light.

You are the dark.

You are the silence.

You are the noise.

You are the breath.

You are the sigh.

You are the cry.

You are the laugh.

You are the tears.

You are the blood.

You are the bone.

You are the flesh.

You are the spirit.

You are the soul.

You are the body.

You are the mind.

You are the heart.

You are the head.

You are the hands.

You are the feet.

You are the eyes.

You are the ears.

You are the nose.

You are the mouth.

You are the tongue.

You are the teeth.

You are the lips.

You are the chin.

You are the jaw.

You are the neck.

You are the shoulders.

You are the back.

You are the chest.

You are the belly.

You are the hips.

You are the legs.

You are the knees.

You are the calves.

You are the ankles.

You are the toes.

You are the fingers.

You are the nails.

You are the skin.

You are the hair.

You are the sweat.

You are the oil.

You are the salt.

You are the water.

You are the earth.

You are the fire.

You are the air.

You are the metal.

You are the wood.

You are the stone.

You are the plant.

You are the animal.

You are the human.

You are the angel.

You are the demon.

You are the god.

You are the devil.

You are the saint.

You are the sinner.

You are the king.

You are the beggar.

You are the master.

You are the slave.

You are the free.

You are the bound.

You are the open.

You are the closed.

You are the in.

You are the out.

You are the up.

You are the down.

You are the left.

You are the right.

You are the front.

You are the back.

You are the near.

You are the far.

You are the here.

You are the there.

You are the now.

You are the then.

You are the when.

You are the where.

You are the who.

You are the what.

You are the why.

You are the how.

You are the yes.

You are the no.

You are the maybe.

You are the perhaps.

You are the certainly.

You are the doubt.

You are the faith.

You are the fear.

You are the hope.

You are the despair.

You are the joy.

You are the sorrow.

You are the love.

You are the hate.

You are the peace.

You are the war.

You are the life.

You are the death.

You are the birth.

You are the rebirth.

You are the end.

You are the beginning.

You are the middle.

You are the cycle.

You are the wheel.

You turn.

You turn.

You turn.

The jar is in your hand.

It is empty.

It is full.

It is yours.

You drink.

The world drinks you back.

You are the merchant.

You are the keeper.

You are the ghost.

You are the man.

You are the woman.

You are the child.

You are the old.

You are the young.

You are the dead.

You are the alive.

You are the one who leaves.

You are the one who stays.

You are the one who returns.

You are the one who never was.

You are the one who always will.

You stand in the courtyard.

The stone is cold.

The stone is warm.

The stone is hard.

The stone is soft.

The sky is high.

The sky is low.

The sky is blue.

The sky is black.

The stars are out.

The stars are in.

The stars are bright.

The stars are dim.

You look up.

The stars look down.

They see you.

You see them.

They know you.

You know them.

They remember you.

You remember them.

They forgive you.

You forgive them.

They love you.

You love them.

You are the star.

You are the earth.

You are the space.

You are the time.

You are the wheel.

You turn.

You turn.

You turn.

The wheel stops.

The wheel moves.

The wheel breaks.

The wheel is whole.

You are the wheel.

You are the axle.

You are the hub.

You are the rim.

You are the spoke.

You are the dust.

You are the light.

You are the dark.

You are the silence.

You are the noise.

You are the breath.

You are the sigh.

You are the cry.

You are the laugh.

You are the tears.

You are the blood.

You are the bone.

You are the flesh.

You are the spirit.

You are the soul.

You are the body.

You are the mind.

You are the heart.

You are the head.

You are the hands.

You are the feet.

You are the eyes.

You are the ears.

You are the nose.

You are the mouth.

You are the tongue.

You are the teeth.

You are the lips.

You are the chin.

You are the jaw.

You are the neck.

You are the shoulders.

You are the back.

You are the chest.

You are the belly.

You are the hips.

You are the legs.

You are the knees.

You are the calves.

You are the ankles.

You are the toes.

You are the fingers.

You are the nails.

You are the skin.

You are the hair.

You are the sweat.

You are the oil.

You are the salt.

You are the water.

You are the earth.

You are the fire.

You are the air.

You are the metal.

You are the wood.

You are the stone.

You are the plant.

You are the animal.

You are the human.

You are the angel.

You are the demon.

You are the god.

You are the devil.

You are the saint.

You are the sinner.

You are the king.

You are the beggar.

You are the master.

You are the slave.

You are the free.

You are the bound.

You are the open.

You are the closed.

You are the in.

You are the out.

You are the up.

You are the down.

You are the left.

You are the right.

You are the front.

You are the back.

You are the near.

You are the far.

You are the here.

You are the there.

You are the now.

You are the then.

You are the when.

You are the where.

You are the who.

You are the what.

You are the why.

You are the how.

You are the yes.

You are the no.

You are the maybe.

You are the perhaps.

You are the certainly.

You are the doubt.

You are the faith.

You are the fear.

You are the hope.

You are the despair.

You are the joy.

You are the sorrow.

You are the love.

You are the hate.

You are the peace.

You are the war.

You are the life.

You are the death.

You are the birth.

You are the rebirth.

You are the end.

You are the beginning.

You are the middle.

You are the cycle.

You are the wheel.

You turn.

You turn.

You turn.