The Ledger of Keeping
(Filed under: Holy Architecture and Sacred Memory)
Not a book to tally debts,
but a record of worth.
Every laugh
Every gasp
Every return
It is bound in stubborn thread
that does not fray when thumbed too often,
and its pages never yellow.
This ledger does not forget.
Not the day you arrived in a storm.
Not the time you stayed in stillness.
Not the moment you believed you could go,
and still, you chose to remain.
When your name is written here,
it is not in pencil.
It cannot be erased.