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

Coronatine Cafe

quarantine café
ready for any work day
(insomniac’s dream)

2021 Inauguration

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

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

COVID Birthday

ice-cold Tuesday night

(ice skating on a weeknight?)

icing on the cake

we must stay outside

we must wear masks, be cautious

we must learn to live

all out of the house?

all the teens out together?

all the miracles

the boy taught himself

the boy had never skated

my boy taught himself

Quarantine Restaurant

tonight’s dinner win:

Hungarian paprikash

with homemade spätzle

Tikka Masala for the Win

it is not easy

to replicate restaurants

alas, we shall try

this quarantine brings

a new love for my kitchen

(lucky to have it)

even Bruce ate it

without a single worry

(there was no curry!)

Senior Year Milestone One

dream school acceptance

in the midst of this nightmare

that’s 2020

what next, i wonder?

how will we survive all this

with all that we face?

the box comes early

before breath has settled us

into this next step