The Upside of Falling Down

by Rebekah Crane

Sometimes letting go is braver than holding on until you break.

I want to shake everything out of him until all his broken pieces are on the ground, exposed. Then we can start to fix his life.

“You tricked me, and now I’m a casualty of your bad choices.”

Even all the way in America, I’ll think about him. Dream about him. Because that’s how memories work. They come back to you, knock you down, and beg you to surrender.