Risk Draft #5

Draft #5

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 defiance of convention,

his reliance on chance

an attraction that faded

with the onset of parenthood;

and responsibility beyond self

     a bigger world

     than the ego 

     of inexperience,

understanding too late

the only risk taken

had been in choices

of her own making.