the bowl is open
for us to earn winter skins
winter wind and all

the bowl is open
for us to earn winter skins
winter wind and all
Berthoud Pass driving
sisters learn two years apart
same day, different face
snow like stardust
sparkling in morning light
to begin our day
a solo ski start
best way to begin a year
powderful hope
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
almost all love skis
and that’s enough for today
that, and fresh powder
no snow day for us
but i ski between meetings
beating remote games
a crappy ski day
still beats other kinds of days
(nothing beats these views)
pretty much our life
once the mountains release us:
a whiteout of stress
a silent ski hill
in the midst of these mountains
is hard to come by