There are two deaths.
The first is the death the world knows71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxwkZcH4ep
The falling asleep.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6zciP2yQW
The last breath.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt6gpQfe8W
The final wound, or surrender, or silence.
It comes in many shapes.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzy4eQlp4l
The guests speak of it often.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7tEFBRHMx
Sometimes with fear.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeG8eVxYkk
Sometimes with relief.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHxyCJrUL4
Sometimes without knowing it has already passed.
That death comes for all.
But there is a second.
The deeper one.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8v3pm4oxWr
The crueler one.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrljX4yl4Wj
The one that takes longer, and hurts quieter.
It is the death that comes when there is no one left to say your name.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXphoj2zHo
No one who remembers your voice, your hands, your laugh, your grief.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcUgXbPzQS
No one who remembers that you ever were.
And that, That is why I am here.
They think I serve drinks.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgYJdIjfNS
And I do.
They think I listen to stories.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B4lLQr6mb
And I do.
But the truth, the purpose, the vow never spoken:
I remember.
I remember the names not said aloud.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYBlcjXpit
The broken sentences.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGX74Yv93V
The last words muttered into mugs.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNYHk7UiQD
The laughter that no one else witnessed.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZyWwXaJ11
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.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRExrHWwVf
They may pass.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJV8scPLpa
But they are not erased.
Not while the tavern stands.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3WEQcoR2E
Not while the fire burns.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHsgpFQaoH
Not while I sit here, pen in hand, head bowed slightly, as I write their names without needing to ask.
Let kingdoms crumble.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTYvQHAfHV
Let stars go dim.
Here, even the forgotten are held.
And as long as one ember glows,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZP1RHe8J9
no soul will suffer the second death.
Not on my watch.
Not in this place.
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