Home to Eden
“Ancient sycamores cast soft shadows among the gravestones, filtering the summer sun and creating a dim oasis from the heat.
Nick walked between the graves, letting his fingers trail along the edges of marble and granite markers. When he was a boy, he and his twin had spent a lot of time here, reading the names and dates on the gravestones, speculating about the lives they marked. It had been at least twenty-five years since he and Brian had sat cross-legged in the grass and spun tales about... the people laid to rest here, but many of the names rang bells. It felt a little like meeting ok friends after a very long time apart.
He made his way to a single marker set under the outer branches of an ancient oak. It had been five years since he'd been here, but the image had remained clear in his mind. He knew this place as well as if he'd visited it daily. Sun and rain had weathered the stone slightly, giving it a gently settled look. But nothing could soften the short span of years after the first name and the heartbreakiagly few number of weeks shown after the second.MoreLess
Nick walked between the graves, letting his fingers trail along the edges of marble and granite markers. When he was a boy, he and his twin had spent a lot of time here, reading the names and dates on the gravestones, speculating about the lives they marked. It had been at least twenty-five years since he and Brian had sat cross-legged in the grass and spun tales about... the people laid to rest here, but many of the names rang bells. It felt a little like meeting ok friends after a very long time apart.
He made his way to a single marker set under the outer branches of an ancient oak. It had been five years since he'd been here, but the image had remained clear in his mind. He knew this place as well as if he'd visited it daily. Sun and rain had weathered the stone slightly, giving it a gently settled look. But nothing could soften the short span of years after the first name and the heartbreakiagly few number of weeks shown after the second.MoreLess
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