Mourner For Hire

He was married for fourteen years to the love of his life and fathered two children. She seems like someone who’s had a lifelong love affair with the simple things in life. The wind whips through her hair and sends the strap of her dress over her shoulder, revealing a heart-shaped birthmark on her shoulder once again. The curve of the shadow is projected on the sand in tiny crescents until the moon finally reaches the sun’s center.