Ballyellin Graveyard

Ballyellin Graveyard is a graveyard in County Carlow, Ireland. Perhaps the stones lean inward like listeners, waiting for one last name to be spoken before they release the field back to grass. Maybe the dead do not rest so much as rehearse, turning over memories until they fit the shape of the living. Imagine walking past at dusk and hearing laughter under the soil, not frightened but impatient, as if they have been holding a joke for centuries and finally remember the punchline.