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.