Cemetery Descriptive Writing

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Behind my house lies an alley. It is an old one, the pavement has been torn up and battered for years. On the brightest days, the sun hits the surface of the hard grey rock and you can see all the little cracks and holes for a long ways.The surface is rough and coarse and very unforgiving to the unfortunate knee or palm that scrapes against it, perhaps from play or an unexpected fall. A few feet from the pavement stands a wall. The average passerby cannot look over the wall without having to jump or be abnormally tall. Behind this wall lies an old cemetery. The name of which slips my mind. In the summer, the grass is a of the shiniest green and you can hear the geese honking and the birds chirping. Looking over the wall, is like looking into some type of wonderland for me. It is separated from me by only a cement wall, yet I feel as if I am looking into another world. Once you are in the cemetery, it is like the world stops. Even with the traffic that lies behind and all around the cemetery, a peaceful silence is held in this sacred area. …show more content…

Normally, I expect a person wouldn’t notice at all until someone were to point it out to them. It is the hidden element in the cemetery. Perhaps it is the fact that I have been going there all my life, or maybe I am just very strongly aware of it. The thing I am referring to is a presence. It may sound strange to some, but I feel a presence all around me when I am in that place of death. It is a strong presence to me, especially when it is really quite all around. It is almost as though I can physically feel it inside and all around me. The presence I feel isn’t from the deceased that are all around me, for I cannot put a label on it, I can only describe it as a presence. It is not an ominous one nor would I describe it as being unfriendly, just peaceful. A peaceful pressure, weighing my body down, accompanying me with every step I take. This place really does soothe the

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