In Mourning

A short story about perspectives of death

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash

Georgia’s eyes were milky with cataracts, blind. A navy suit hung in the closet of the room, long-skirted and somber for the occasion. Not black — too formal, she’d thought when in the store a few months back. Navy conveyed regret without being in-your-face about all this funeral business. And the color of the suit matched her once-clear eyes. “Blue as the coming…