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Date: 20/01/2026
The bench was ordinary. Wood slightly rough, one leg shorter than the rest. It faced nothing important—no view, no landmark, no reason to stop.
Someone sat there anyway. A bag rested by their feet. A phone stayed inside a pocket. For a few minutes, nothing happened.
A cyclist passed. A dog pulled its owner forward. Leaves moved without instruction.
When the person stood up, nothing had changed. The world remained the same size. Yet something unseen had settled into place, quietly and without announcement.
Some pauses don’t interrupt life.
They realign it.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati , Assam , India
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