Colorado 2010

i've recently returned from a flight
to Colorado and 6 days of skiing
the good mountains of Summit and
Eagle counties, the big Rockies
with the big steeps and big deeps
of snow and cold blue skies
i drank hot chocolate with Sam
and Karen and Hunter in the
Peak 9 restaurant, watching a fast
and furious snowfall add to our
pleasure, add to our memory
i went to ski hard and fast
i didn't go there to be a suspicious mind
i didn't go there to be other than myself
i went to revisit a friendly ghost and most
of all, i went to get the hell outside
to feel the steady grab of gravity
to feel the frost flail my face
to be exhausted each evening
to be excited each morning
i went while i was still able
to be child-like in amazement
mature in appreciation for all
nature provides, yet
i had nothing to prove