And Nothing Much Else

The light to the left is clear.
So is the light to the right.
Sometimes people ask themselves,

What’s the worst that can happen?
Nothing much keeps happening.
And there’s that sense nothing will,

The sense that keeps it going.
Once in a while, someone gets
Something suddenly very bad,

And can feel the hanging on,
As by fingernails, but most times,
The left and the right are clear.