Caution

Danger walks on narrow paws. It
Prowls and stalks on quiet haunches,
Shadowing the tremulous and fearful
Masses to their peril.

Virgin corners wreak from watchful
Challenges of gut and grit
Putting mind and matter to the test
Against the fit and feral.

Little wonder caution speaks in
Measured whispers, “Warning, warning.
Take your time as you approach
This nameless path. Use extra care.”

Break the reckless roller coaster rush
That wants to bleed the bone by
Heading herald’s harbinger to
Sidestep hazard’s baited snare.

Choices seethe with consequences
Where the seas of fortune flow.
Caution, deftly contemplated
Helps avoid the undertow.

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