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The Graveyard
“The Graveyard’ She wandered the hollow streets not knowing where she was going. She was sad. Cold air whiffed through her and the smell of decay lingered on her nose. That snapped her back to reality. There, she stood surprised where she landed. She stood on top of a hill. The hill’s view was beautiful but at the same time, terrifying. The hill was surrounded by tombstones. Some were with flowers and some were not. On a distance, was a small church. It’s windows were tinted with different colors that sparkled at the touch of the sun. Ah…the sun. The glorious bright giant is at the time when it weeps. It weeps because he must go away again and hide itself before the darkness comes. A huge tree was sitting beside her. It’s stem were marked with decay as a sign of it’s old age and it’s leaves were swaying with the wind as if it is too dancing. She turned around and there at the ground was a tombstone and in front of it, was a small hole. Although the tombstone was filled with cracks, it stood there magnificently. She looked closely at the tombstone and read: Come to me and bury your sadness. She knelt down and wept. Tears were prickling in her eyes and teardrops falling in the hole. Soon after she cried, she stood up placed some soil in the hole to bury her tears.
She left the tombstone and walked back where she came from. But before completely vanishing back to streets, she looked back on the tombstone. In her face was not sadness, but a smile. In her thoughts was the tombstone where she forgave herself.

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