Balance
Settle the counterweights until the tower stops swaying in the coastal wind.
Each midnight the wind, the sea and the sky drift out of tune. Sit by the window and guide them gently back.
Settle the counterweights until the tower stops swaying in the coastal wind.
Send soft pings through the morning mist to find the quiet boats.
Align crests and troughs until the clashing air currents cancel out and the sky hums still.
Call into the canyon, then hold the pad for as long as the echo took to return.
Turn small brass mirrors to guide the sunbeam to every dormant crystal.
Untangle the crossing threads of the stars and clear the haze from the night sky.
Route warm current through brass pipes to light every reading lantern before dusk.
Arrange seven vials of starlight in rising pitch, and reunite color with melody.
No timers, no sirens, no failures. A wrong turn only sends a small ripple across the water.