Roll the Dice

Accidental Poet

 

Thrill seekers

Living on the edge

Tempting the hand of fate

Upon an unsafe ledge

 

Everyday someone rolls the dice

Confident of the chances

That Lady Luck is on their side

Always with victory dances

 

They may think

That life is just a game

Until their luck runs out

And they call on holy names

 

In fact

Life is not a game at all

You might think you’re in control

Until fate steals the ball

 

In living your life

You’d better think twice

Before you take that chance

And roll the dice

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2016

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 3rd, 2018 18:56
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 33
  • Users favorite of this poem: Lorna, Poetic Dan.
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Comments5

  • kevin browne

    I rolled em, but everything landed bottom side up. nice write, AP.

  • ron parrish aka wordman

    don`t trust your fate to luck,it goes both ways

    • Accidental Poet

      That's the point here Ron. Luck has no guarantees. Thanks for reading and your comment.

    • Michael Edwards

      Mine turned out okay but I never put money on them - fine work AP

      • Accidental Poet

        A little caution goes a long way Michael. Thanks for reading and your compliment.

      • orchidee

        A fine write AP. Many things end up as 'vanity of vanities; all is vanity' as said in the Old Testament.

        • Accidental Poet

          Thanks for reading and your compliment orchi.

        • Lorna

          Hi AP! This brought to mind a quote by Beryl Markham: "Life is life and fun is fun but it's all so quiet when the goldfish dies"........... which seems to say nothing and then it does! My mind has always seen alternative options ahead in case something goes wrong...... maybe that's a woman thing.... I'm not off the planet yet so can't say if it's going to always work! In the end there's only one possible ending dice or no dice! My partner is (well was) a man who took a lot of physical risks.... he wouldn't have done anything differently... I had to be the practical one and the balancer but wouldn't have missed the adventures for all the tea in China!

          • Accidental Poet

            Hi Lorna. Interesting quote. My poem is just a personal view of when plans don't go as planned. And standing back from danger means I'll live to see another day. Please take care in all you do. Thanks for reading.



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