Work Text:
to serve your leader
is to feed him, and
never let him be thirsty
it is to work for him, and
never for yourself, and
to abandon all dreams
of ever taking his place, but
to never abandon all hope
it is to reject yourself
your success, your victory
it is to guard like a dog
to snarl, bark, and bite
by his side
it is to know that you are small
by comparison, but
that he would not be so without you
it is to take the black and the blue
and to jump back in, torn
so that he might take yellow, victorious
to be served as leader
is to know of the sacrifices made in your honour
for you are beholden to them
as they are to you
for your victory is theirs
as much as they have made it
yours