SKI DAZE

I REMEMBER 
WHEN I FIRST PUT ON SKIS
I LOOKED DOWN
AND SAID “JEEZ”

I SUDDENLY FELT
VERY COLD
WHILE I WAS SWEATING
I WAS NOT THIS BOLD

THE TRIP TO THE TOP
WAS JUST A BIT SCARY
BUT I HELD ON TIGHT
EVEN THOUGH I WAS WARY

WHY WAS I HERE
I SAID LOOKING DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN WAS STEEP
AND ENDED IN TOWN

MY FRIENDS ALL LAUGHED
AND CALLED ME A DOPE
THAT WAS, THEY SAID
THE BEGINNER’S SLOPE