Jade

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Jade felt the stitches

Going in and out

And remembered

To stay strong

And alive

As long as she could.

But it was hard

To think

And the darkness was consuming her

Only once had she ever felt like this

When her father had died

That night She decided

She was done

And took a blade

To her skin

She bled

And it poured

Her mother came home early

And found her

Lucky her,

In the car

On the way

She felt herself fading

Just like now

And she knows

that she lived the first time

But now she's not so sure.

Luke walks down the hall

With a nurse nearby

Watching him to make sure he

Doesn't collapse.

His footing wavers as he turns the corner.

To see his children

Resting in glass beds.

"We tested both

For Jade's disease.

The girl is a carrier

But her blood will clot normally."

Luke sighs in relief.

"The boy has a mild case

And can take blood thckeners

To help, he can't be cured

But he can be as good as normal

with the pills."

She assures and Luke nods

Taking in the sight

of his two beauties.

"Hi, Jake"

He waves to the baby boy

And then sees the girl.

"Hope, Welcome to the world."