S(no)w Parameters

Today was my first walk of life.

Oxygen trickled through my limbs

From ear to ear I grinned

Snowflakes flossed my teeth

Crunching and crackling beneath

I was free and energized

As trees whispered, “you’re alive!”

The strongest I have felt

I have all the tools under my belt

But I wasn’t wearing a belt.

I was wearing two pairs of pants

Cold breathes of air crawled through the layers

Reaching six miles, my heart started to dance

My safety belt was missing.

Powder masked my face and the wind was hissing

“I am happy, I am free”, I told myself.

More powder, more wind

More power, more wins

More steps forward, more steps back

Footprints in the snow, I pick up the pace

Marking my trail, further from home base

I am free, I am happy

I am freezing, lips are chapping

Let me be alive, I am slowly freezing

Let me freeze, I am alive and screaming

Footprints further from home base.

Today was my first walk of life.