Danger Ahead

I look back with regret,
As the signs were all there.
Although, at the time,
I didn't much care.

The risks had seemed small,
And my future - faraway.
They were concerns for later,
But not for today.

My misty mind kept me
From accepting the threat.
While deep down, I knew -
I tried to forget.

I buried my fears
Where I had hoped they would stay.
Yet, I constantly worried
They'd surface one day.

These menacing feelings
Lingered 'til the date
When true peril arrived,
And I met with my fate.

All along I had known,
Whilst pretending, instead -
To have never foreseen
Such clear danger ahead.