The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young

And I didn’t think there was any way to ever come back from that explosion of light that had birthed a universe inside of me when she said that word. Mama.

It was almost overwhelmingly painful to be so happy.

And then I spoke my vows into the summer wind. That I’d love him forever. That I would always, always come back. That no matter what, I would find him.