Window + Jam

Nothing about my bedroom window quite fits. The frame jams. The lock needs to be pushed down upon to latch. Even then there are cold gaps where cold air let in all sorts of whispers.

The frame jams and I don’t know how to not force it. It requires pause, a gentleness and any amount of force just makes the jam worse. I’m stuck and the lock on the window never worked anyways. I’d lean with my entire body weight onto the window and eventually the crescent latch would slide smoothly into place. At night, in the summer, if I managed to get the window open, my mind would get carried on the cross breeze. Then cool air would cause the frame to swell or shrink and sometimes suddenly close. clapping the wood on wood, cracking the aged veneer, shedding bits onto the sill.