snow_playground lostgirl i watch from out of view a backdrop of white crystalline, bluebird sky, sun and frosted branches frames my boy who became a man when i wasn’t looking thirteen years ago he had a face laden with a mixture of fear and determination now he claims to be one of the best on the mountain his mountain those skis somehow became his expression of strength and resilience as he flips and corks and jumps while only a mother would cringe and cheer in the same breath 221228 what's it to you? who go blather from