The tavern was empty tonight.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfcL4ai0B1
And I felt full.
Not with sorrow.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj7dXkdcrZ
Not with joy.
Just… full of something that wanted to speak, but had no mouth.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnbCbEKCsz
So I brewed nothing. I sat. I wrote.
And the words came without names:
I love,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KiwlghBsz
I Love,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDRK4G1XDL
I love,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EiLdutJ2t
I love…23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVIqupsygF
I love,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP132zdRAR
I love…23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkwIFGdq89
I love.
No guest. No face. No story walked through the door.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqM9yRXXfM
But each time I wrote it, I saw someone.
A stranger who once sang to the spoons.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3dAPoeR6c
A woman who left a single feather behind.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUf5UsjK7s
A boy who never spoke, but always listened.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe19ndjb0te
A hand that trembled. A voice that cracked.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jgRnpqtgo
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,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh0rbUdSdH
and it did not flicker.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wRMFqyyvm
It bowed.
If no one walks in tomorrow, that will be fine.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhiMNq3LkF
The tavern is already full.
And so am I.
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