Running Risks Poem by Ray Mather

What can I do?
Stop talking?
Quit mixing?
Too easily hurt
Too often hurting
Breaking, not fixing
Should I stay at home
Safe from the world
Not say a word
No friends
But no enemies?
Not have to worry
About who will like me
Take me and love me...
No
I must take a chance
Face up to the world
And dare to trust
Rely upon others
Or face self-disgust
I must take the risk
And face the unknown
Life’s fraught together
But nothing alone



© Ray Mather 1996