A Wrighter

That hook was meant

to strip their breath away from their chest 

leaving them pinning for a sense

of truth

The eight and a half by eleven ring

just became the ropes of your lifeline

You try and make your mark 

with uppercuts and take-downs

and the more you flip out 

and flip off the opponent, 

the more you are certain

that this dreamlike reality is true

and that your one, two 

might need a three, four.

That your arms might 

not reach that bar

and just because you are 

on the opposition

does not mean you can't be submitted

from that hold 

You try to tap in so you can't tap out

but what you don't realize 

is that this sucker

has a punch and that their choke-hold 

can be a knockdown

and one more quick jab became 

a multi-million dollar knockout