There are two deaths.
The first is the death the world knows77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4Kw9mVXDF
The falling asleep.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaPPVtCi4C
The last breath.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJQy9HX3rh
The final wound, or surrender, or silence.
It comes in many shapes.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWaywDASKE
The guests speak of it often.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYOWADLW2R
Sometimes with fear.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVykvDhiFyt
Sometimes with relief.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0MHIbon7U
Sometimes without knowing it has already passed.
That death comes for all.
But there is a second.
The deeper one.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwea75j7m24
The crueler one.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3hlkDzGmD
The one that takes longer, and hurts quieter.
It is the death that comes when there is no one left to say your name.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG8rbh0oSd
No one who remembers your voice, your hands, your laugh, your grief.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ2j0ZbTQ0
No one who remembers that you ever were.
And that, That is why I am here.
They think I serve drinks.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO10sAjbIW0
And I do.
They think I listen to stories.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMom1jNs4vA
And I do.
But the truth, the purpose, the vow never spoken:
I remember.
I remember the names not said aloud.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R7iqwv3sX
The broken sentences.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFeGLCAQJe
The last words muttered into mugs.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVA2PNLDY8
The laughter that no one else witnessed.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjGr6gwlzr
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.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT0SJgUygw
They may pass.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoUTiorlWq
But they are not erased.
Not while the tavern stands.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVKAMfzEc1
Not while the fire burns.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiObBMenPS
Not while I sit here, pen in hand, head bowed slightly, as I write their names without needing to ask.
Let kingdoms crumble.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdeROz8Zor
Let stars go dim.
Here, even the forgotten are held.
And as long as one ember glows,77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIuCoJklXG
no soul will suffer the second death.
Not on my watch.
Not in this place.
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