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# Downhill
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/downhill-16427154/
- Published: 2022-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: The snowflakes groan and scatter as I turn my polarizing mask of little use against the blinding sunlight -- my legs burn the flags are flying by, I must not lose!
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

The snowflakes groan and scatter as I turn  
my polarizing mask of little use  
against the blinding sunlight -- my legs burn  
the flags are flying by, I must not lose!

adrenaline, my speed a practiced pace  
and last year's crash old history, I hope  
another run, another downhill race  
I've conquered all of them, I will this slope

a jump as the hill curves, and I take off  
knees to my chin, remembering my form  
each millisecond counts, and must pay off  
the finish line is near, the coffee warm

the red line's crossed, I brake into the fence  
and time resumes its flow into past tense