words for the wary

Maybe its the failing economy. Perhaps its the dark creeping into the afternoon. Maybe its the cool in the morning. It could be the inability of others to consider being considerate. One could say that every step is always into the unknown. Things can seem unsettling and a possible trip-up can be at every door.
On the flipside 13 years to the day that a certain former football player was let off on one crime he was convicted in another. This time I have not heard one mention of race riots. I guess the media is too busy scaring the hell out of the throngs with the impending great recession to simultaneously drum up a race war........