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I lost my papers ..and temporarily my manners,
My head and my temper.
I am ashamed for what I have done
Breathed fire on a poor youth who was just doing his job.
I looked at him, but didn’t see, didn’t care
My vision was blurred and I judged him for
all the bad things he could be

I perpetrated a horrible act
One found so despicable by me in my right senses
I cannot ask for forgiveness.
I had never seen this young man before and it’s likely I never will again.
I have done naught for him… but he has taught me so much
In the space of two minutes he had taught me more about the person I strive to be.
More about the person I can be.