Don't be angry, don't show that long face;
they change whenever they try to cheat,
I stop taking risks and reject this defeat:
distrust could be gone with one embrace!
I stop taking risks regardless of its awful outcome,
waiting is useless hope when it turns into delusion;
how much can be accomplished in the meantime
depend on the right set of mind, not on intrusion!
I'm planning ahead, a beautiful home and lots of children;
plan it with me, there's nothing more exciting than this:
oh, he single life has total freedom but very tiny joys....
who seeks happiness finds it and won't lose it again!
I stop taking risks, I move on to days without monotony;
the dreamer still dreams, the doer is always a step ahead
and loses little sleep, do what he does, never be led
by an idea that uses up time, patience, and energy!
Considering how short we live with all the miseries,
one foot must be in front of the other to really thrive.
sitting there and wait for another chance is wasting time:
and the longer we wait, the further we reach for dreams!
Trust
Trust is fragile, yet so strong
In relations must belong
Of value beyond all worth
Than all the gold on the earth
Trust has high inherent risks
Often puts one in good stead
Should hidden motives exist
Relations eulogies read
Trust, like an old China plate
With hundreds years of use
E’en by King Henry the Eighth
Will always fail to abuse
Flip the plate high o’er and o’er
Handle with careless regard
Find it shattered on the floor
In hundreds of broken shards
By miracle, the pieces found
And glued in place bit by bit
Never will it be as sound
As before that careless flip
So with trust, and it is true
Abuse and misuse it, friend
It is a day you will rue
Will n’er be the same again
Let us at Risk-Taking Dave
Lengthily rave
For choosing to live in a cave
Also, The Choice of a Gorilla
That could demolish a stout slave
And wrestling Victory not release to a Godzilla …
To Risk-Courting Dave
Now in Echoing Cave
To improve on His high Octave
Mention that he’s risking an early grave
For not being The Muscularly Brave
That termites his fresh corpse shall crave
As he deigns to ways for it pave …
The soonest of requiems in a nave
For his life he never could save
With pleas Gorillas aside wave.
RISKS
Scarred hills, risked mine shafts, dark and deep.
The plonk of a stone, dropped into water, far below.
Kids drifted to sounds of the gold-rush, pick and windlass.
But inside our school, Sir recruited afternoon classes into
battle. We piloted Spitfires, strafing Messerschmitts. Bingo!
The plane aflame, out of control. Drifting down, down. A spiral
of smoke.
Our teacher paced, face aglow. Alive to the tremble, the thrill,
in distant summer skies.
Windscreen hit, the scatter of shattered
glass. His odyssey of courage and blood …
At three thirty, older boys reminded Sir,
Time to go home.
Surprise in our mentor’s eyes .
His Spitfire hadn’t even landed.
THE DILEMMA
TO LAUGH is to risk appearing a fool.
TO WEEP is to risk appearing sentimental.
TO REACH OUT FOR ANOTHER is to risk involvement.
TO EXPOSE FEELINGS is to risk rejection.
TO PLACE YOUR DREAMS BEFORE THE CROWD is to risk ridicule.
TO LOVE is to risk not being loved in return.
TO GO FORWARD IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING ODDS is to risk failure.
BUT RISKS MUST BE TAKEN BECAUSE THE GREATEST HAZARD IN LIFE IS TO RISK NOTHING.
THE PERSON WHO RISKS NOTHING, DOES NOTHING, HAS NOTHING, IS NOTHING.
ONE MAY AVOID SUFFERING AND SORROW, BUT ONE CANNOT LEARN, FEEL, CHANGE, GROW OR LOVE.
CHAINED BY ONE'S CERTITUDES, ONE IS A SLAVE, HAS FORFEITED FREEDOM.
ONLY A PERSON WHO TAKES RISKS IS FREE.
If you must feel like flying
And they recommend you walk
If that smile you're wearing
Is their most wanted look
Then, gather your books, your cat, your sweater
We are leaving this place
Than become a disaster
THE RISKS OF LOVE
It was a hostile land in those days, singing
Of our dream of a house, clinging
To something we could believe in,
Rooted in the soft rocks so that even
The breath of the earth itself was muffled.
Precarious, tenacious, cliff-edged -
Dwelling there for three score years of nights
And never a pause taking from its delights;
Never choosing to deny the thrill of waking,
Or surrendering our siren-held souls, or shaking
Off our thraldom. 'Twas the perfect foil
To the ever-present harshness and soil
Of the reality on solid ground.
Willingly lorded by uncertainty
in a town where danger robs
all for just a good reward
Certain diseases seem to be more prevalent in some races than others
So with no other issues in your family health care history
You still may have risk factors for several diseases
Just by belonging to a particular ethnic group
African Americans
Have an increased risk for diabetes
Insulin resistance
Have the highest heart-disease risk for high blood pressure
Asian American
Have an increase risk for osteoporosis (especially women)
Caucasians
Have an increase risk of osteoporosis (especially women)
Litinos
Have an increase risk for diabetes
Insulin resistance
Are over 6x more likely to develop kidney disease if diabetic
Native Americans
Have an increase risk for diabetes
Insulin resistance
6x more likely to develop kidney disease if diabetic
2022015
I’m climbing too high
And I look down below
To see I’m on top of the world
Of the love I once knew.
I never told you
That I was afraid of heights,
But I never needed to,
Because you took away the fright.
But I feel like I’m going to fall
And break once again.
I need to stop climbing
And maybe descend.
But your love makes me climb higher
And I’m stuck with the thought
If I should stop while I’m ahead
Or risk the long fall.
Taking risks
Ride for a fall, we enjoy and relish,
Idea of taking risks in life why not cherish ?
Play with fire, have your heart in front,
Even if you expect to be burnt,
Put your head in lion's mouth,
It's time to prove you are worth,
Dare take the bear by the tooth,
Leave everyone surprised by your youth,
Take a leap in the dark,
Arouse your valiant spark,
Have guts of a gladiator's pledge,
Prove yourself by dancing on the razor's edge !
A roulette' wheel, go for your life,
Be it sorrow or joy, suave or strife !
Written on 7/8/14
Contest- three themes
Theme- taking risks
Sponsor- Shadow Hamilton
Awarded 2nd place
I never planned on saying goodbye
If I had it my way we'd both have wings to fly
I never planned on making you cry
But not letting go would be living a lie
Neither of us know, nor could we tell
If falling in love would turn out that well
But what could I do, I watched as you fell
Wishing for the simple saving grace of a bell
You said, "weigh the risks" and that's what I did
Risks are better not taken, smiles better off hid
It saves so much pain to keep a closed lid
And it can't be opened with a bribe, the highest bid
So I hope that your hurt doesn't last very long
I hope your heartbreak isn't lived in every song
I never planned on this being so wrong
But it would be a lie to just play along.
You're strong and you deserve
All praise...
For you brightened up my days
And I can't imagine you abandoning me...
I can see our friendship last for a lifetime
I'd do anything...for you
I'd sacrifice my life...for you
I could hike Mount Everest...for you
I'd give you all that you desire
I'd walk into the fire...
for you...don't deny it - it's true
I'd walk on hot coals...for you
I'd do the impossible...for you
It's true...
I'm positively sure that
I love you...
I'd give up my life...for you
You still don't have a clue,
Do you?
You were there for me
In my times of trouble and stress
You were meant to be
My sincere friend...soaking in my distress...
Bottling up our progress
Somehow I'll prove to you
That you're a virtuous, unselfish friend to have
You make my heart thump with buoyancy
You have no clue how fortunate you make me feel
Every time you're hanging out with me...
You tell me that I look handsome -
You have no clue how that makes me feel
Every time you encourage me...
Every time you remind me of how I look,
It makes me beam with contentment...
naturally
Looking for the formal definition, structure, and history of this poetry form? Visit the Poetry Dictionary entry below. Then return to explore how PoetrySoup members bring the form to life through their own poems.