Risk Draft #1

Risk 1st draft

This is the first draft of a poem written in response to the word 'risk'. A bit rough but I'll work on this each day, marking up changes as it develops.

If she ever thought about him

and she tried not to,

for it reminded her

of the unravelling of her youth,

she supposed the attraction

had been in his daring,

his bold-faced defiance

of convention,

an attraction that left

with  marriage and parenthood

only then had she seen the weakness

behind alcohol induced swagger,

knowing the only risk taken

had been in choices she’d made.