
The Unclaimed Seat of the Heart There are some feelings in life that time’s dust cannot dim. Some people settle into our hearts the way rain seeps into the earth—deep, rich, and impossible to erase. The scent of their memory lingers in our breath, the shimmer of their laughter glows in our eyes, and even in their absence, they hold a quiet conversation within us. We write their names in a corner of our hearts, as though that place no longer belongs to us but to them forever. Seasons change, faces fade, years pass—but that sacred corner remains untouched. We guard it from others, as if it were a holy sanctuary where only our silent prayers echo, never quite reaching the one for whom they were meant. The tragedy isn’t that they never intended to walk beside us—the tragedy is that we keep lighting candles knowing they will never see the glow. We hold a flickering flame of hope, one that illuminates only our own heart’s walls. Its light remains within us, never touching their path. They...