When You Win

The victory lap

Is something to love.

When you’ve made your cash

And you’ve found a friend

For life, what else is

There to savor? When

You’ve created wealth

And wrangled time to

Suit your needs, then you’ve

Won. When your accounts

Gush forth with the funds

Like wellsprings and your

Romantic life is

Intact, then you’ve won.

You’ve achieved the great

Reward of your work

For a whole lifetime.

When you’ve never had

To sacrifice or

Bow your head in doubt;

When you’ve been able

To plow forward with

The conviction of

A non-believer,

Then you will know truth.