Chances

[newsclippings]

It would have been cool if you dropped a syllable as you did with every line in the first three here:
It was one of those things -- 6
I should have practised; -- 5
like changing gear -- 4

into the last three. But that's just something I'd find cool.
I like the 6, 7, 7, 6 format you have going anywho.

I really enjoy the message, it hits home for those who are always cautious. Well done. I disagree with this needing a punch. The poem is dramatic and delightfully saddening (to me at least).

Thanks for this,
-S