Mystery of Risk

Decisions we take in life can have varying reasons and forms
but nowadays, taking cautious decisions has become the fixed norm
If in air, sea or land, there is never a doubt
as to whether we should take the less dangerous route
People are always reluctant to take even the slightest risk
and to finish an uneven journey, they become unnaturally brisk
Yet those who were willing to take risks,
have helped our imagination grow;
they were instrumental in expanding the boundaries
of everything we know
Without risk-takers, our oceanic wonders would never have been discovered
and fossils and archaeological sites would never have been uncovered
It were risk-takers who clambered up peaks so very high
and others who were capable of exploring far beyond the sky
Creatures of rare species are perhaps the most exciting ever found
and emeralds and diamonds are the most precious excavated from the ground
Cautious people couldn't have come across these things
unless they had luck so sheer
but the risk-takers would have found it, eventually,
without breaking a single fear
Majority of those people had their reputations at stake
yet, without their desire to take a risk, the records they could never break
So, I'll say, whatever the risk-takers had set out to find
are the objects that easily capture our imagination and mind
And reluctance of risk, if we decide to conquer and rule,
we can discover absolutely anything worth more than a priceless jewel