Risk

If there is any game I’m good at

It’s risk

I’m not afraid to whisk myself

To where there is a wealth of danger

I undress my soul for strangers

And I reach for the fire

I can’t stop drop and roll

Because I was not meant to be of the same mold

I’ve never been content

Leaving my head bent down

And ambitions barely off the ground

I’ve been listening to glory’s sound

And I’ve found that I don’t want to take a walk around

The peripheral of success

I have a need to be the girl in the couture dress

With 100 fortune lane

As my I address

I confess that I think less of those who settle

Who feel special

Being a pot on a shelf with a wealth of kettles

I don’t want the Ivy League

I want the Big League

I want to intrigue nations and celebrities

I want to believe

In all my fantasies

It’s great being a doctor or lawyer

But I breathe in visions of becoming Tom Sawyer

A hero who goes and defeats demons

I’m not content with making lemonade with my lemons

They should be liquid gold

And I’ve been told

That always standing out

Using clothes and poetry to shout

Is stupid and dangerous

But I don’t do it for a rush

I do it because I’m a me

Not an us

And no wish was accomplished

Without a risk

Because those have the highest rewards

And although I have less awards

I’ve got hoards of potential

Standard has limited fates

But mine are exponential

There’s a drug I’ve been taking

Now don’t be mistaking this for a biological twist

But it certainly is illegal in suburbia

With its picket fences and choreographed dances

Because I have been taking chances

Since the time I wore my pants inside out in 3 grade

To when I took the queen of spades

And wasn’t afraid to shoot for the moon

I want to encompass

The prowess of the hippies and baby boom

And not be afraid to bloom in another season

With simply the reason that perhaps my petals

Will settle

In a more beautiful spread

There are no voices in my head

But I certainly am crazy

Because I find conformity lazy

And the concept of losing moments of success

Doesn’t raze me

Just raises me

I won’t flee from adventure

I will venture into the unknown

Likely to fail

But also likely to have grown

And I have shown up

For life

That game is boring and tame

Unless you play it along with

Risk.