A Home Deep in the White Clouds

A winding stone path climbs the cold mountain; homes lie deep among the white clouds.

She was once a hibiscus lotus devoted to cultivating immortality, but became trapped by a love she could never have in the mortal world. Naive her whole life, she was devoted her whole life, and sought answers her whole life.

When all was settled, amid a sky full of brilliant, drifting golden flecks,

who asked, “Why not return?”

And who answered, “There are autumn mountains by the Huai River.”