SILENT HALLWAYS

What is this, and what is it about? Is it only about hallways? Yes, absolutely, it's about hallways — but not just the physical ones in buildings.
I'm talking about the hallways within the human mind.
They don’t look like the corridors in a structure, yet they are far larger, because they contain a journey —
a journey of memories, of someone's arrival and departure,
of chaos, of movement, and most significantly, of silence.

Silent Hallways.

Whenever there's activity in these corridors, it’s hard to understand.
The world thinks that’s the only way to interpret them.
Perhaps that's why these hallways were made in the first place...
But no — it was only when the silence that followed someone's departure echoed like noise,
that one truly began to understand:These hallways were speaking more.

Yes, I'm speaking of the human mind —
a subject that remains a mystery,
a mind that resembles a hallway.
Everyone carries within them their own private corridor,
a space where they gather experiences, thoughts, memories, and relationships.

This hallway is never fully built, never truly complete.
It keeps extending with life.
It's a structure that is eternally under construction,
which reflects its aliveness.
Because every day, people enter and leave —
they interact with us,
they help us choose who stays, who becomes a part of us.

Every day, new experiences — both good and bad —
get added to this corridor, making it beautiful in their own way.

If you ever turn back and look,
you’ll see a journey —
A journey of experiences,
A journey of joys,
A journey of goodness,
And a journey of mistakes.

Silent Hallways don’t just reflect the path of life,
they reflect the person —
who they are today,
and who they’ve become over time.

This hallway might appear straight and quiet,
but hidden within it is the entire journey of a person —
a path traveled through many ups and downs,
sometimes by expressing,
sometimes by staying silent,
sometimes by understanding others more than themselves.

In the end, I’d say —
This hallway is very quiet,
and that is proof that it has understood and absorbed every journey with complete honesty.
Its silence speaks of all the movement that once passed through it.
That chaos has now left behind only peace —the peace of understanding, the peace of experience, the sacred stillness of a journey fulfilled.

And I believe —
When a hallway is silent,
it means that every noise, every chaos it once held, has fulfilled its purpose.

And so, these Silent Hallways become even more beautiful,
carrying with them the entire story of a life.

Abhay Dhankar, currently pursuing B.A.LL.B at National Law University, Tripura