“if you found this in the dark — you're not too far gone, and you're not too late. one breath, then the next. there's a seat by the fire with your name on it whenever you're ready to sit down. i mean it.”
kept lit by the keeper
LANTERNS LEFT LIT
There is a lantern here for you.
Not lit for anyone in particular — left by people who’ve sat where you’re sitting, for whoever walks in next. If you’re in the dark right now, take one in. If the light’s reached you lately, leave one lit for the next person.
the wall’s quiet this minute — but a light’s never truly out here. this one’s been left lit for a long time, for exactly the moment you walked in.
take just one. it’s not a list to get through — it’s a hand reaching for yours.
Leave one lit.
one honest line of grounded hope, for whoever needs it next. not advice, not a fix — just the truth you’d have wanted to read on a hard night.
to leave a lantern of your own, pull up a seat by the fire first — so the light you leave has a soul behind it.
pull up a seatno counts · no ranking · one light, taken in · one light, left lit