Beginner
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Beginner

Beginning means throwing yourself into something with an absolute certainty of failure.

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Separate, Separate
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Separate, Separate

We all stand on that line - the marker between what we were and what we will be. Heads swiveling to either side, wondering whether to pull ourselves apart or be pushed.

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To the Dark
Beth Downing Beth Downing

To the Dark

After a quarter mile I turned off my headlamp. It felt like the right way to invite the winter solstice in.

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Crisscross
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Crisscross

That night, we moved in perpendicular directions but for that small square of earth where our feet met in time and in space.

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