Scared Of Soft Snow

• Brooke Hargrave, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2015

I was scared of the powder, until I skied on the ice, so many people had fallen, but I took the sacrifice
I was scared of going fast, until I had to go slow, the amount hard work used, surely must show
I was scared of the tall mountains, the painful long runs, but after carving up the small ones, I realised big meant more fun
I was scared of the people, and how fast they came down, but as those people came speeding they turned some frowns upside down
I was scared of falling, and tumbling down, but then after some practice, I knew how to get to town
I was scared of these things but not anymore, I now know how to kick these fears straight out the door.

written by Brooke Hargrave