"Written in Blood" Inspired by Silver in the Bone:

Written in Blood

The end is here.

I’ve survived worse pain

and endured longer trials,

but my blood pulses

as it never has before—

ready to burst if necessary.

Every witch knows the ache

and knows what it means:

Death has arrived.

Our blood is desperate

to pass on its magic and legacy—

with or without cooperation.

With the energy I have left,

I reach for my knife

and slit open my skin,

letting my heartblood free.

The ache fades.

The pleased magic grants peace.

I watch in awe

as my blood slithers

to the book I made decades ago.

The cover falls open,

and my blood curls artfully

page after page.

I hope my blood remembers

to tell the story of my first spell.

I hope my blood remembers

how it felt to cast with my coven.

I hope my blood remembers

that magic is more than spells.