The Tea House by the Pond: Steam, ceremony's calm, and koi beneath the moon

Isla Merriweather

A small tea house sits at the edge of still water, steam rising slow from a cup that asks for nothing but your attention. This is a quiet walk into that calm: the unhurried motions of pouring, the warmth held between two hands, the koi drifting beneath moonlight just past the porch. Written to slow the breath and settle the mind, it carries you gently past thought and into rest.