All rights reserved by author · 27/08/25
Each of us walks through corridors of uncertainty, where shadows stretch long and fears echo loud.
But within, there is always a lantern—a flame of resilience lit by all the storms we have already survived.
This lantern does not burn from borrowed fire; it glows from the battles we thought would break us, but instead taught us how to bend.
It glows from the tears we turned into strength, and the dreams we refused to abandon even when no one believed.
Tonight, when darkness feels heavy, remember this:
the lantern is still with you.
It has always been.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah,
Guwahati, Assam, India
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