EDGE

i know a lot of sensible people
i come across them all the time
they are in fact ten a penny
they are prudent
they show caution
they play safe
they pay their insurance
they seek assurance
they want reassurance
they crave security
and condemn themselves
to a life of stultification
played out in denial
of the cold harsh reality
of the way the world is
terrified of danger
they evade risk
they are all flight and no fight
they reject the knife-edge
they are resigned to crawling along
in terror of what may lie yonder
outside the warm comfort zone
beyond the realms of possibility
afraid to push the envelope
or the boat out
they turn away from the glowing ember
that smoulders
in the twinkling twilight of the imagination
oh my seeds
let us cast off these chains
let us have the courage
to live life on the edge
as the orientals say
better to live one day as a tiger
than a thousand days as a sheep