Hidden Hand

When I got cursed by the neighborhood Bruja, you were the one that prayed.

If I pulled the pin to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, you faithfully held the grenade.

My spirit crushed easily upon failure, so you taught without the humiliation of a letter grade.

The last drop of sunscreen was lavished upon me, so you came up with the lie of a better shade.

I have a catalogue on every pitfall from A to Z, this came at the expense of you being self-made.

You schooled me on the riches of spirituality, but I just wanted the knickknacks that quick wealth paid.

Remember when you went through chemo, I though you just got sick of sporting your usual braid.

My life dazzled with all standards premo, you struggle to make ends meet with no renewable aid.

I am a quarter of what you have always been, had I faced your challenges, in a cemetery I would surely laid.

You protected me from the teeth in the lions den, you chased away all the spiders as I ate my curds and whey.

You exhibit power most would beg to have, despite my new found benefits of autonomy, I just want you to stay.

My sight is waning without your eye salve, so the stars don't tempt me into astronomy, because you're my star in midday.

Your hand is on my shoulder for encouragement, yet when I search out the sun, all I think about is the hid gray.

You blocked my sadness for emotional nourishment, all of the weeds died except one from the poison you did pray.

What if I am the one choking the life out of you, these are the things that keep me up at night

Any favor I am now eager and proud to do, I don't need a guard dog that makes the stray cat tight.

It's my turn to chase away the evil, your job is to let me immunize you against the infrequent rat bite.

If you are ill, let me be the doctor's needle, whatever the cave, I will shield you from a falling stalagmite.

Being second to you is nothing short of a great honor and a special privilege,

Your tutelage made me way more calmer to the dismay of our family village.

I have no aspiration at this or any other time to one day outrank you.

Had this been ten year ago, you would suspected a set up to eventually prank you

Now my only wish looks like standing before the nation to genuinely thank you.