Powfect

a powder escape
from the harsh reality
of everyday life

Ski Reality

powder power pulls
relentlessly through the snow
bringing us to light
not what i had planned
(before we were so broken)
yet bright, all the same

Puzzlegate

snow arrived today.
soft, slippery, it snuck in
and brought back this piece:
in the purple night
on our perfect patio
completion beckons.

2021 Inauguration

only blue today
as we hope for a future
better than our past

How Should I Live?

like La Reina

finding comfort in each space

no matter size; sun

Snowprints

before dawn arrives

the snow still touches the sky

with white fingertips

Mountain-Eating Clouds

the bowl is open

for us to earn winter skins

winter wind and all

Twenty-Twenty-Ski

a solo ski start

best way to begin a year

powderful hope

Downhill for the Uphill

2020 ends

in the same way it began

(with downhill skiing)

2020 ends

nearly every way different

than a year ago

2020 brings

a balance of sorrow, joy

hidden behind masks

2020 ends

with screens controlling our lives

(searching for meaning)

2021

with its 5-syllable self

will bring us new hope

Ice, Water, Steam

a cold winter walk

along the Colorado

right where it begins

a hot springs retreat

to strip the cold off our skins,

bring heat to our bones