A Few Days in Minsk
In winter, Belarus is a wide, white land. The rolling fields are brighter than the grey sky above as we come across the border and drive toward Minsk.
Most Belorussians speak Belorussian as a second language. Because of the past Russian occupation and relocation, their world revolves around Russian. Most of Minsk was destroyed in WWII bombings. A small cuddle of buildings remain from before the war, near the river. The rest of the structures in the city are set apart from each other, far back from the road. They are large.
On the old city, tall trees with flowing arms stand frozen beside the broad river walk
. They do not crowd each other, though. Sanctified, each is its own monument.
There is an island to which a low, arching bridge connects. There are some beautiful trees there, and I am told many brides and grooms have photographs taken here. I want the trees to be less rare, less delicate in their numbers so I can gather them into bunches and hold them. They are too solitary, their arms dark with winter.
Snow fell the first night I was in Minsk. Loud teenagers and demure figure skaters glided through cakes of powder on a rink in front of a fierce black and grey building. Swizzy hip hop played over a set of speakers in the white rental shack. I imagined the people of Belarus like shining rubies, emeralds, topaz, sapphire, and gold. They are contained in a well-worn, wooden chest.
I cannot help but picture Minsk in its spring. Winter surrounds me and marches on. I lay on my bed, looking out the window, a fortunate group of four trees is visible- their tall arms underwater in the currents outside. I close my eyes and thank them. I think of the black trees near the river and on the island, and their arms are holding green.
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