Off into the sunset …

56.          Danger Ahead

I cautiously move
Quite anxious to prove
That I can progress without fear;
Horizon is scanned,
Each step fully planned,
Deciphering sounds that I hear.

I quietly pause
To work out the cause
Of movement seen off to one side;
A deep sense of doom
From shadows that loom,
I cannot tell what they might hide.

I glance left and right
As dusk turns to night,
Yet still […]