There are two deaths.
The first is the death the world knows—97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpnAZxqkK2
The falling asleep.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNP0eN50NT
The last breath.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9DwaHrMfT
The final wound, or surrender, or silence.
It comes in many shapes.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUugT8DenF
The guests speak of it often.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lwuJWiUXW
Sometimes with fear.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NNbmZbd3A
Sometimes with relief.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lVL0EDm6R
Sometimes without knowing it has already passed.
That death comes for all.
But there is a second.
The deeper one.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFGNXnu8df
The crueler one.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kwvg2IaHV
The one that takes longer, and hurts quieter.
It is the death that comes when there is no one left to say your name.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYSBZbrMg0
No one who remembers your voice, your hands, your laugh, your grief.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fDOCftSG7
No one who remembers that you ever were.
And that—
That is why I am here.
They think I serve drinks.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynRqTtxnFu
And I do.
They think I listen to stories.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5osLCj0cKl
And I do.
But the truth, the purpose, the vow never spoken:
I remember.
I remember the names not said aloud.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT3DvI7kgQ
The broken sentences.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDjXG4WhTM
The last words muttered into mugs.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXMsJCcN2b
The laughter that no one else witnessed.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPG2igFD2u
The quiet goodbyes guests were too afraid to say in the world outside.
And because I remember them—97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG78Da3MQdG
they are not gone.
They may fall.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHURt260use
They may pass.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzJA5zmVnJ
But they are not erased.
Not while the tavern stands.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX6ovNxsUb
Not while the fire burns.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstBa71az4H
Not while I sit here, pen in hand, head bowed slightly, as I write their names without needing to ask.
Let kingdoms crumble.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0s2DJ5N26
Let stars go dim.
Here, even the forgotten are held.
And as long as one ember glows,97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc46MXthqPm
no soul will suffer the second death.
Not on my watch.
Not in this place.
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