Wow -
"staying alive is never really an option
but having fun thinking about it is"

!!!

x

Danger is that which lets us know we're alive! I thoroughly enjoyed this. Great write!

Its good to ever aware of danger and its pitfalls. Your poem says it all....M

danger, the game of risk and reward we play, ever mindful of the balance we must maintain, a black art it is, or lose the game -- Jude, you carried this off quite well my friend -- peace and love -- Jon Michael

Surely, danger lurks all around us, in a way, it is amazing that we evade it so often. Perhaps it is a little game that we play, where we are actually aware of all that surrounds us, but upon occasion, decide to introduce a bit of peril into our otherwise tranquil spaces. That startling surprise is invigorating, bringing reality to us so quickly that it stings as with the snap of lashing leather. A little wake-up call to keep us in a state of observation of all that surrounds us. The truth is that the swirling eddy is far too enticing to not try a little toe-dip now and again. Excellent, cohesive write, Jude.
Take care,
Sherry

"danger is my deceitful companion,"...my favorite lines...but then, every line in this is excellent.It often amazes me how you are able to write about everything and anything, and then cause your readers to think on it.

Jude,
Love where you go with these explorations, danger as master, tease, catalyst and "deceitful companion"
Simply great.
John

Life is always like walking a high-wire...Great read!

Dissecting danger's resoluteness, I find it quite pleasing to carry on.

Ron

The danger of breath is we never know when or how quickly it can be taken away from us. Is there danger in this world, of course there is but without it what would life be.

fee

Around every corner, always lurking as you express so well...

Be always safe,
Karen

Ah Jude, you sqeeze the best out of every topic you touch! This is a superb treatise/poem on danger...It reminds me of a conversation my brother once had with my mother,he would pace the room talking about how people are so unaware of their surroundings,seeing only what's in front of them, never realizing what danger could befall them!

Love,
Eileen

like a rabbit hole of depth in this one and to "constantly compete with it, to prevent my demise" rings multidimensionality to me

danger is our only friend and constant...
we live for it and thrive on the struggle
to overcome it. Excellent pen!

Reminds me, of you avoiding all the mouse traps set for you constantly somewhere, but the language and the entanglements as you walk that path are extra ordinary, a wonderfully expressed fusion of your constant companion, and lifes persistance, a rich melodic dance.
Blessings and peace! Jasmin Horst

Enjoyed thank you...Hugss

Danger? that's you will experience if your mother in law catch you cheating on her daughter.
Then again, what make us to search for danger?

Georg

Daredevil YOU!! :) Excllnt write Jude
Ch'erie

oooo... livin on the edge... certainly strikes a chord with me! :)) You must be an adrenalin junkie. Some wonderfully provoking stances postured in this poem, whose key line for me is: "danger is my deceitful companion" - and whose seemingly welcome duallism is playfully toyed with in: "its authority suggests not risking my survival as i constantly compete with it, not to prevent my demise". You obviously have a real taste for this as I truly think this is one of your most seemingly effortless best, Kartero; your chosen imagery is tantalising. My most recent skirmish of this type was recently in Mesa Verde, Colorado, when I inadvertently walked right off the edge of a snowbound mountain pass and fell up to my waist in a drift; I had no idea whether I was dangling off the side of a cliff or merely down an unseen gulley, but, too proud and independent to call for help, I eventually managed to claw my way out and arrive back at the car with my head held high, albeit with an extremely wet ass! I'd won though! :)) En garde! reKless Kate xx

very interestingwrite--could almost hear my heart poning in fear at some of these!!

Danger is My Master - a most thought provoking piece, my friend.

'staying alive is never really an option
but having fun thinking about it is'
So true... although, if we didn't continue feeding the body, it would perish.. Gratitude to our brains that guide us to fulfill the compulsion to live, our determination to do so, and our glorious intellectual ability to contemplate everything and anything...
Love and Joy, Suzie :-D

Kinda reminds me of a rap song, who says they have to rhyme, as they are about our tyme, Ed