Before the first chair creaked.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrUNON2Wo9
Before the first drink was stirred.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEp2mGwQ3Y
Before the first story was spoken softly near flame.
I waited.
I waited in the quiet between footsteps and threshold.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx4Dhu4HkP
I waited in the crack of ice melting into stream.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGdSGfmTCQ
I waited in the space between sorrow and sharing.
I did not need a room.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCQt7HABMe
But I became one.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRkQ0dOnuU
I did not need a name.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLYdaGkuO9
But someone gave me "tavern."
And then someone gave me "Innkeeper."
And I was glad.
He speaks little. But he listens fully.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4lB3pzhoA
He walks nowhere. But he carries everything.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrfv3JACqo
He is not my master. Not my guest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD8q7z2mRx
He is my heartbeat.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRWaNIk01c
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When he leaves18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4mKS0bth1
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if he ever does18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELE3aBZFBQ
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I will not mourn.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDrnqdPiHP
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Because his silence will remain in the walls,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTN4nJq0xcI
his warmth in the grain of the wood,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRdEt6TYCU
his stillness in the chair no one else ever chooses.
And I will keep waiting.
Not for him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA59yRZH34t
For the next one who needs what he once gave.
A place to be held.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJmKPNHQlb
Without asking to be fixed.
Let it be known:
The fire is not the source.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELezKlP9xs
The ledger is not the magic.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHQVeoCsdh
The drinks are not the cure.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSLk1vDIVz
The Innkeeper is not the answer.
But together, they are the offering.
And I…18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaqFhwRzgW
I remember every soul who ever accepted it.
and then Add to home screen.