The minimalists.

Life is
minimising
your risks
against
the opportunists
who wish to
take your life away
earlier than you
expected.

Keep moving
or be devoured,
for in the laws
of the Jungle
everyone is prey.

Look at every turn
for is your shadow
loyal?

The claw will slash
and the tooth will rend,
there cannot be
a happy end.

Author's Note

The last stanza is not my own, an excerpt taken from the series Penny Dreadful.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

minimal amount of words to describe a minimal chance for happy ever after.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you for your words J.

[John the Baptist]

OK, now tell us the downside.

[andrew mitchell]

Haha thanks John, it’s a scary world.

[Patricia Wedel]

A whisper of light shines through...
a shadow will follow... when falls the dew.
gently, Pat

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Pat.