Risk Avoidant

It’s easier to take a risk When youth will thus allow A bounce-back sensibility Which now I’d disavow. For when you’re young, you never think Of all that can go wrong. You live your life and merrily (Or not), you roll along. Yet age gives your perspective Quite an unexpected jolt. It may be building slowly Or strike like a lightning bolt. No matter how, you’ll realize that It isn’t paranoid To assess a risk you’d once indulge But now you will avoid. In life, there is no guarantee For safety or for ease And older folk have learned that risk Can bring you to your knees.