it's like this

the end of a long day skiing

on the last run

after the long ride up on the lift

adjust bindings 

mittens and googles, push off

this is it, the culmination 

of all it took

to get here, the plans, the execution

now the pines on the sides of the slope

are whizzing by

each one a part of the blur

does this make sense, this metaphor

the downward slope of life, the end in sight