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<center>Risks</center>
How many worlds have dissolved
From fear of rejection
Chances for satisfaction and happiness
Lost to the terror of harsh words
We gambled on kindness
Having often suffered brutal losses
Only to be pleasantly stunned
When chips started to stack up
Hard to believe in good fortune
Second-guessing becomes a life style
Each new step made with trepidation
Our lives slowly binding
Each new card turned
Gives our existence new significance
No relationship is free of cliché
The first tender words of love
That awkward tentative kiss
An intimate touch with all that follows
A proposal followed by divine reply
For all the flowers that inept poets
Try to pin to these moment
The reality is rife with danger
Any small misstep can destroy magic
Now the stakes are absolute
Every part of myself offered
You are my greatest risk
Nothing has been left aside
Everything I am is yours
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