Porch received the twilight slow
Tea sent cedar through the glow
Lintel blessed the traveler’s head
Floorboards sang a welcome thread
Shoes were freed beside the mat
Stories perched like nesting bat
Host supplied a loaf of peace
Knives cut silence into ease
Windows faced a silver stream
Pillows kept a tender dream
Morning kissed the sleeping hair
Daybreak wrote a gentle prayer
Not a palace not a fee
Only room for breath to be
Guesthouse honored dust and thirst
Grace made shelter feel like first