It felt right

to sponsor you

anonymously, your walk

from fresh as a daisy point A,

soldering past every stopping

post that the letters held to

bone tired destination z,

and I wished you well in my head

even though

in the next minute I saw someone else

then take claim and oh gosh

I meant to put it under mine, silly

Me, I said nothing, I let it go,

and as much as I dared you to succeed,

I hoped they tripped over their ego

and broke their leg.

Ian D. Hall 2018