HIGH STAKES

By Lillibit Ray

High Stakes

It is his serpentine green energy

slithering through sparks

of change, acceptance,

fueling transformation,

that moves him.

He no longer feels a question.

Joining a world of 8 billion perspectives,

interpretation and reality blurred along lines

of individual perspective, desire, circumstance.

The world a game of chance

We place our bets, as participation

makes tolerable our existence.

Earned experience guiding engagement in life,

right and wrong radar from recognizing lessons of past scars,

making mistakes but never the same twice .

Judgement develops over time

as do venomous glands firing when provoked,

doing what is needed to stay safe,

prepared, protected

existence a gambit to gain the advantage,

thrive and survive,

or crumble and die

and understanding that,

one must play the game.

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