The tavern was empty tonight.26Please respect copyright.PENANA64THLOnX04
And I felt full.
Not with sorrow.26Please respect copyright.PENANAi9maEqsBS7
Not with joy.
Just… full of something that wanted to speak, but had no mouth.26Please respect copyright.PENANAI9izbTSJwP
So I brewed nothing. I sat. I wrote.
And the words came without names:
I love,26Please respect copyright.PENANA5Snn8asyub
I Love,26Please respect copyright.PENANAeFi9RkiPHi
I love,26Please respect copyright.PENANAvbDdlYx1Ci
I love…26Please respect copyright.PENANAqmih0ADQiq
I love,26Please respect copyright.PENANAJCQtuh1YFl
I love…26Please respect copyright.PENANAphpfSM1OXR
I love.
No guest. No face. No story walked through the door.26Please respect copyright.PENANAaFrrdckYaC
But each time I wrote it, I saw someone.
A stranger who once sang to the spoons.26Please respect copyright.PENANAB1mbVdL3PE
A woman who left a single feather behind.26Please respect copyright.PENANAryNZLMoYGg
A boy who never spoke, but always listened.26Please respect copyright.PENANAsAvP9oa0iY
A hand that trembled. A voice that cracked.26Please respect copyright.PENANANP7mjJB0V1
A gaze that held too much past.
They’re all here. In these words.
Not as memories.
As warmth.
The fire watched me write the last one,26Please respect copyright.PENANAXFGqlesbzy
and it did not flicker.26Please respect copyright.PENANAA1Pj5IOzBM
It bowed.
If no one walks in tomorrow, that will be fine.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMZqNQVTEeJ
The tavern is already full.
And so am I.
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