Secrets and Sins

At times one could so much relate to a verse or few lines or an sketch or an sculpture.

As I went still when I happened to read this..

"He was larger than life, the close up zooming in on his face causing his sleepy brown eyes to look directly into hers as he smiled into the camera. His hair was still black and shiny, exactly as she remembered it from back then. How many years ago was it? Every so often, she counted.... ten.....eleven....always surprised that the yearning hadn't gone away....."

Secrets and Sins.

Jaishree Misra.

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