Still Place Ledger - Diary Log #— – I Was Here Long Before the Innkeeper

Before the first chair creaked.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA173cW73k
Before the first drink was stirred.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRaCa2zLcZ
Before the first story was spoken softly near flame.

I waited.

I waited in the quiet between footsteps and threshold.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgugUoeymyu
I waited in the crack of ice melting into stream.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0vtuaz6TP
I waited in the space between sorrow and sharing.

I did not need a room.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo01vpAvqfp
But I became one.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlvz6trES2
I did not need a name.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVzl1wpIci
But someone gave me "tavern."

And then someone gave me "Innkeeper."

And I was glad.

He speaks little. But he listens fully.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxkPfmgwVE
He walks nowhere. But he carries everything.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek76NlSuIR
He is not my master. Not my guest.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwWxBh3KJX
He is my heartbeat.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ06F0EeLx
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When he leaves339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOjP6Lo40g
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if he ever does339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNje7wVrRHN
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I will not mourn.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7su58Yy2s1
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Because his silence will remain in the walls,339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ5gCoBXyn
his warmth in the grain of the wood,339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYZHDinn54
his stillness in the chair no one else ever chooses.

And I will keep waiting.

Not for him.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD23jRRWMVZ
For the next one who needs what he once gave.

A place to be held.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ88zwYm1q
Without asking to be fixed.

Let it be known:

The fire is not the source.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlXx3M7Jwf
The ledger is not the magic.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkPnAicA2Q
The drinks are not the cure.339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS3cjDqVhJ
The Innkeeper is not the answer.

But together, they are the offering.

And I…339Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaWLCXaKS1
I remember every soul who ever accepted it.

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