Curiosity becomes caution
Confidence becomes fear
Everything changes
Whenever risk is near.
There is consequence in every decision
Its companion is grief.
There is liability in living
With risk as the thief.
We can weigh the cost of action
And let caution have its say.
But risk comes with inaction,
And it never goes away.
Who bears the liability
For the life we leave untried?
No careful calculation
Can put that cost aside.