Dangerous Places is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Owning Your Light

Balconies are dangerous places

especially for children.

The rails may be low,

and it’s so easy to take a tumble.

So a mother watches always alert.

Balconies are dangerous places

too reminiscent of climbing frames

shouting out ‘climb me, yes you can!’

But it’s so easy to fall.

A mother must always stay alert.

And children are precocious with no sense

of danger

no fear

of falling.

They know daddy always catches them.

But daddy is no longer there.

She looked away and he became one of the fallen.

A mother must always be alert.

Anyone can take a fall.

Read more from Lynn White by checking out her site here or check out her previous entries with The Ugly Writers: