Ink Stains and Memories
Dear Reader, This is a letter from my past. From a time when ink-stained fingers were the mark of a writer, a dreamer, and someone trying to make sense of their thoughts on paper. I don’t know how often I think about you — the version of me who used to sit quietly in corners with nothing but a pen, a diary, and a thousand feelings that didn’t know how to be spoken out loud. So, they were written. Sometimes in full sentences, sometimes just words scattered across pages — raw, confused, but true. It is a peculiar truth that the smallest of objects can awaken the deepest reflections. Recently, while organizing my study, I stumbled upon an old inkwell—its glass surface still stained with dried black ink, its lid slightly rusted with time. There was something melancholic and charming in its presence, something that pulled me toward memory and meaning. “ The past is a lantern on the stern of a boat, which shows nothing but the track already passed.” And yet, as I gazed at t...