Heart bursts like sunbeams
there’s no going back from here
we’ll run our course, take what is given
and hope we emerge whole on the other side.

Blood flows like raging storms
fierce and strong and deadly
there are no guarantees in life
but I would stake my life on this.

McKenzie Richardson lives in Milwaukee, WI. Most recently, her flash fiction is featured in Black Hare Press’ anthologies, Oceans and Hate. She has published a middle-grade novel, Heartstrings, available on Amazon, as well as a poetry collaboration, 433 Lighted Way. McKenzie also runs a crafting blog: http://www.craft-cycle.com
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