He’d always been in control, head boy, first-class degree, stellar career, the trophy wife.
But then his wife left him. She would no longer bend to his will, drive in his lane.
No matter, he strove on without her to become a CEO.
He rode pressure like a surfer on stormy seas.
“Slow down,” his doctors said.
He accelerated.
The stroke came just before the big merger deal.
Half-paralyzed in a hospital bed, he glowers at the old nurse.
Yet she knows on her next visit he’ll break down and weep.
She’s seen these men in control a thousand times.
But then his wife left him. She would no longer bend to his will, drive in his lane.
No matter, he strove on without her to become a CEO.
He rode pressure like a surfer on stormy seas.
“Slow down,” his doctors said.
He accelerated.
The stroke came just before the big merger deal.
Half-paralyzed in a hospital bed, he glowers at the old nurse.
Yet she knows on her next visit he’ll break down and weep.
She’s seen these men in control a thousand times.
