Midst of a Setting Sun

Everyone has to set out on their own journey…everyone. Life does not offer shortcuts and there is no one to accompany you. It is your journey, which you have to make. We meet company on the way, but even they have their own destiny. They too have to make their own path. When roads merge, we share the same goals and set out on a journey together. Sometimes it works, sometimes not, and sometimes we leave others on the way.

Photographer Priyatosh Dey (Kolkata, India), took this photograph of a lone cyclist in the midst of a setting sun. But whilst capturing the moment, does he also capture fragments of the man’s life? Does the sunset remind us of our destination in life? We venture into life’s road starting with a new sun, and finish at the sunset.

Way to Home, by Priyatosh Dey

Between these points, our life becomes legend. Everyone has a story to tell. With each passing day the legend grows and in the end, the story is real. But, with the setting of the sun, the story shrinks into an forgettable matter. In the end, what remains is memories and the moments you lived, which also asserts that whatever the journey is, our ultimate home lies in our finale. This is the only road we run all our lives…

Article written by: Mohiuddin Ahmed
Edited by: Nilla Palmer
Inspired by: Photo of the Day | June 10 | Way to Home, by Priyatosh Dey