Before the first chair creaked.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju39RAx5DO
Before the first drink was stirred.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ42BOEOkoP
Before the first story was spoken softly near flame.
I waited.
I waited in the quiet between footsteps and threshold.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0WSPYs6ci
I waited in the crack of ice melting into stream.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SpgR3tfGw
I waited in the space between sorrow and sharing.
I did not need a room.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cYf9Nd01s
But I became one.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRC18GhybM
I did not need a name.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah33MuGeOT
But someone gave me "tavern."
And then someone gave me "Innkeeper."
And I was glad.
He speaks little. But he listens fully.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3uYK50OB7
He walks nowhere. But he carries everything.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo48zB0AbL
He is not my master. Not my guest.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkQfPe8O0y
He is my heartbeat.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E55S3lf09
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When he leaves48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mVPmnLsAG
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if he ever does48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SpftULqTL
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I will not mourn.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SEaRF5bvb
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Because his silence will remain in the walls,48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpKJRAt8M1
his warmth in the grain of the wood,48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSIElhFdeK
his stillness in the chair no one else ever chooses.
And I will keep waiting.
Not for him.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0QA12dUFV
For the next one who needs what he once gave.
A place to be held.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmbZVFjpnN
Without asking to be fixed.
Let it be known:
The fire is not the source.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnAOgRNt32
The ledger is not the magic.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKxNiIi2Gj
The drinks are not the cure.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kLl9ovLnM
The Innkeeper is not the answer.
But together, they are the offering.
And I…48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw0d9Wxnsg
I remember every soul who ever accepted it.
and then Add to home screen.