There are two deaths.
The first is the death the world knows287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ckwmID9hl
The falling asleep.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPPavK0sFw
The last breath.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOR6k4nf4E
The final wound, or surrender, or silence.
It comes in many shapes.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoNLHG8PiZ
The guests speak of it often.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJxgjVJoo1
Sometimes with fear.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ifDoydD5
Sometimes with relief.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgNqoZE1No
Sometimes without knowing it has already passed.
That death comes for all.
But there is a second.
The deeper one.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ehXjvdXxp
The crueler one.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJUUYtv83T
The one that takes longer, and hurts quieter.
It is the death that comes when there is no one left to say your name.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrq6EjU121
No one who remembers your voice, your hands, your laugh, your grief.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO9s0txrGM
No one who remembers that you ever were.
And that, That is why I am here.
They think I serve drinks.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ4VlKY8ww
And I do.
They think I listen to stories.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFnAEmCNVp
And I do.
But the truth, the purpose, the vow never spoken:
I remember.
I remember the names not said aloud.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDKuQcG31c
The broken sentences.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyQwraspcO
The last words muttered into mugs.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVGfpXsN7g
The laughter that no one else witnessed.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTPFgNftcz
The quiet goodbyes guests were too afraid to say in the world outside.
And because I remember them, they are not gone.
They may fall.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4pVl1mbti
They may pass.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAdfaDzBkY
But they are not erased.
Not while the tavern stands.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAgT4ADcBa
Not while the fire burns.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1uVqJh23p
Not while I sit here, pen in hand, head bowed slightly, as I write their names without needing to ask.
Let kingdoms crumble.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0ZYNR5Ppn
Let stars go dim.
Here, even the forgotten are held.
And as long as one ember glows,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9atb5tzWsU
no soul will suffer the second death.
Not on my watch.
Not in this place.
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