Disconnected
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Disconnected

Disconnect is where I had been, in the world of stories carefully constructed to create big feelings. Disconnected was where I wanted to be, in that world where stories had resolution.

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Descent
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Descent

From alone with thoughts in the alpine air to alone with thoughts in the cube of an urban hotel room; there could be no more opposite circumstances in which to breathe fifteen to nineteen times per minute.

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To the End
Beth Downing Beth Downing

To the End

The faltering ones – with pinched eyes and grimacing mouths – made me pick up the chant. β€œAll the way,” I found myself repeating.

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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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