Wandering into the world of unknown; burying doubts and the fears; I chose a path to follow; guided by heart's gentle whispers.
What goes through your mind when you see a sunset?
Watching it on a beach at Murudeshwar one evening, I noticed that along with a number of thoughts, there was a lot of silence that filled me. And this poem is the result when I took a pen and started writing.
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