Calculating Success

a loss of sleep plus a rushed morning 

does the time lost in addition to credit hours and mileage equal success somehow? 

how do we measure life’s gains and losses?

multiply the years of trucking along with tunnel vision 

divide connections by stability and independence 

is the trade in this market of business and family fair? 

are the units now lifetimes in this complex conversion factor? 

i can’t keep track… 

where’s the calculator?

and if you turn it upside down are the numbers now letters? 

letters I understand.

someone spell it out for me