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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Found Keys
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Found Keys

Then the waterfall of words began, as if finding the keys unlocked all the things she held close.

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Honey Wash
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Honey Wash

I even said it to myself out loud in the shower, it won’t last. Putting on my pajamas, eating breakfast, it won’t last, embedding sweat onto the seat of the car after a few hours on the trail. Don’t enjoy it too much because then the missing it will be worse.

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