31 May 2026
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Almost every home has one.
A drawer that nobody opens unless they are looking for something specific.
Inside are old keys that fit no known lock, expired cards, faded receipts, forgotten photographs, instruction manuals for machines long gone, and small objects whose purpose has been lost to time.
Most of it appears worthless.
Yet every now and then, someone opens the drawer and pauses.
A photograph brings back a face. A ticket recalls a journey. A note in familiar handwriting suddenly shortens the distance between yesterday and today.
Perhaps the value of such things was never practical.
They were quietly collecting memories while nobody was paying attention.
Life often works the same way.
Many moments seem ordinary when they happen. Only later do we realize they were storing meaning for the future.
Not everything important announces itself when it arrives.
Some things wait patiently in the drawer.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
Email: rajatchandrasarmah@gmail.com
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