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A book is written then sent away
Not to be sold but kept to stay
In silent vaults where time won’t steal
A whisper fixed in ink and seal
I do not write for fame’s delight
Nor trust that crowds will read me right
But let the state in duty bound
Hold one small copy underground
For years may pass and eyes may dim
But not all echoes fade with him
The legal shelf may seem quite still
Yet guards the trace of thought and will
A quiet pact and the writer’s trust
That what we made won’t turn to dust
— 12/05/25

Commentary: I had decided to put some of my monographs – my autobiographies and poems collection – into National Library through the legal deposit system. It is also a legal requirement of sort. By doing so, I have made my work more open and enduring than before as such deposit will be part of the National Archives.