Serene
At lunchtime, a friend and I sometimes walk up to Trinity Church, five minutes from our office, and eat our sandwiches in the churchyard, among the peaceful company of the long dead and whatever is blooming out of the earth that holds them--at this season, as you can see, the tulips are spreading their cheerful and delicate colors to the sky.
Walking up towards the church, Broadway was crowded with office workers and tourists and shoppers, everyone in a hurry, barely a spot to walk without being brushed or bumped by someone. The wind was chilly, getting in under my thin leather jacket, and I thought, oh, this jacket is not warm enough after all for this earlyish spring day. But then we entered the gates of the church and walked around to the back. We found the place we usually sit, on the ledge of a tall stone monument near the center of the cemetery and then we were fully in the sun and all was calm and windless and sheltered as we talked.
posted by Sarah Sometimes at 11:17 PM
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