Playing the Game of Life...

One step at a time I took,
In this hopscotch of a life,
that I started playing some time ago.
A shaky manipulation of one foot,
A careful balance of the other,
Both I managed cleverly,
So as not to fall and give the game away.
So as to reach the end and declare myself the winner.

But little did I know then as I know now,
that a game it is after all,
and like games will, and must be,
life too must be played with the right mix,
of shaky manipulation,and careful balance.
Till we reach the end to discover,
that the trick of the game is not to not fall,
But to merely learn to balance the probabilities,
And manipulate the improbabilities.