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Date 20/06/25
As the world winds down and the noise of the day settles into silence, there’s a gentle power in picking up a paragraph—just one—and smoothing its edges like a stone in a stream. You don’t need grand edits or literary ambition. Just sit with the words. Feel their weight, their rhythm. Ask them if they still say what they were meant to.
Tonight, change a word. Pause at a comma. Shift the sentence ever so slightly so that it breathes better. This small ritual, done quietly and without pressure, becomes a meditation. Over time, such patient tending turns prose into poetry, noise into nuance.
You may not notice the change overnight, but one day, your future self will stumble upon that paragraph and smile. It will feel like finding a folded note from the past—kind, clear, and perfectly placed.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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Email: rajatchandrasarmah@gmail.com
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