Whiteout

Glacier de Pissaillas

In the steady thrum of snow we're left
without warning flags, no pylons to track,
white erasure of future and past.
There's no revel in this release.
Bereft of points we can only climb,
my wife and I,
shed our skis and sweating, curse.

 
NaPoWriMo 2005, April 8