total immersion

 After the plod, came the rush...

High above the valley, I glide through the forest,

on new skis, through new snow, with new courage.

Arriving at a crest, I plunge into the slope,

Ploughing deep furrows down through the snowy fields.

I turn, once, twice...

...and then tumble and fall,

Fall flat on my face, legs akimbo, head first into the powder.

I sink into a cloud of tenderness.

Totally immersed, I dissolve.

Seconds pass, and then he comes;

grasps my hand, my skis, my legs.

I was set to be wrecked but

he pulls me from the deep powder,

puts me back on my feet,

And we set off again...

I plunge into the slope,

Ploughing deep furrows down through the snowy fields.

I turn, once, twice... 

...and then tumble again and again and again..