MS-0011 · The Interim · card 4 of 7
Salt
He came out of the water with a few grains in his hand, and nothing tells him whether it is enough.
- Element
- Water
- Tense
- Present, unresolved
- The hand
- That could not take
The card
He sits soaked at the water's edge, just out, studying a few white grains in his open palm. It is startlingly little — this is what remains of everything that dissolved. His expression is neither grief nor relief but the work of trying to decide whether that residue is a lot or almost nothing. This card names what healing leaves behind, and refuses to tell you whether it is enough.
To sit with
Who decides when your healing is enough?
What do you notice in your hand when you stop asking that?
Related cards
BuoyancyThe card before.The water would hold him up, and his thrashing is the only thing pulling him under.
The ErrandThe next card.He is too busy with the cloth to notice the light on his back, and it is healing him anyway.
BethesdaThe section's first card.Healing is already under his hand, and he has lain here so long he no longer knows if he wants it.