tears dipped in gold

"'Please don't let it be real', she whispered to the morning light, when people found her clutching his shirt. When they told her to get away from him, she just held him closer. "

A story about dealing with loss in a way that isn't perfect but let's be honest, when is the perfect way to deal with grief? A story told in five parts from different parts of a day, from different stages of pain too real to be dismissed by repeatedly intaking dopamine to avoid.