True Myrrh (Commiphora Myrrha) Yemen Red Jasper with the weight of fired

with the weight of fired clay

Intricate engraved patterns across the surface

the stone the ancient world took for ice frozen beyond thawing

gathered and burned across the subcontinent for thousands of years

True Myrrh (Commiphora Myrrha) Yemen Red Jasper with the weight of firedMyrrh is a grounding scent without much joy in it, but a quiet kind of presence the resin people have reached for at gatherings where words feel insufficient. Burned alongside frankincense across Arabian, Mediterranean, and Christian traditions. The companion to frankincense for as long as anyone has burned either. Where frankincense lifts a room, myrrh deepens it. The two together carry an older register slower, balsamic, dense, asking the room to