Strange Soul

I did not go. Never. But mother went a few times. Once and only once she said: Come! She said it, no. Where would I go when there was no grave and no sign? Mother was not looking for a sign either. She was following a suspicion and a rumor, or a maddening drive; Siyah Damoon was an abandoned jungle on the southeastern outskirts of the city, its path was a side road that only led out of the city and did not end in a village. The road extended through a narrow forest and became a trail, fading away towards the foothills of the mountain…