There are two deaths.
The first is the death the world knows37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BQtDprSnX
The falling asleep.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DPAmLIMcu
The last breath.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMDgNVIOlm
The final wound, or surrender, or silence.
It comes in many shapes.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwt0HtY2myv
The guests speak of it often.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbOJSTyIkr
Sometimes with fear.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbhbbZSZ7p
Sometimes with relief.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoQGUPJACH
Sometimes without knowing it has already passed.
That death comes for all.
But there is a second.
The deeper one.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWTFI2vFfg
The crueler one.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtwcxRv3JM
The one that takes longer, and hurts quieter.
It is the death that comes when there is no one left to say your name.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRYWZGQxqj
No one who remembers your voice, your hands, your laugh, your grief.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpI1n8n3WY
No one who remembers that you ever were.
And that, That is why I am here.
They think I serve drinks.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLa8wM4VHV
And I do.
They think I listen to stories.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAZ69l94WC
And I do.
But the truth, the purpose, the vow never spoken:
I remember.
I remember the names not said aloud.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSbao6YVpR
The broken sentences.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VySeDh6qz
The last words muttered into mugs.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70HZF88xC3
The laughter that no one else witnessed.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPzipUZOlR
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.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa1vUIV8cS
They may pass.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1Ih0feLRl
But they are not erased.
Not while the tavern stands.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjTsrYTLfb
Not while the fire burns.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5We2IP89h
Not while I sit here, pen in hand, head bowed slightly, as I write their names without needing to ask.
Let kingdoms crumble.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzNLeqiF55
Let stars go dim.
Here, even the forgotten are held.
And as long as one ember glows,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX4BKXYNlG
no soul will suffer the second death.
Not on my watch.
Not in this place.
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