Dead Remember
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Dead Remember

When we remember, we’re holding alive within ourselves the parts that caused us pain but launched us into the orbits we currently occupy. We carry the turning points in vividness.  

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Even If You Don’t
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Even If You Don’t

But just for the time it took a stranger to pass her on the trail, she needed to relieve herself of the burden of wondering if she could do it.

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Aspens & Redwoods
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Aspens & Redwoods

When you hold an unblemished coin of an aspen leaf in your palm, you know you’re holding the color of the actual sun in your hand.

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Leapfrog
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Leapfrog

I leapfrogged my own doubts. Coming back to them, passing them, hearing them breathing heavily behind me. Sometimes they got out ahead and took over. Sometimes I was the one ahead, leaving them behind for just a little bit.

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