He stared at the screen,
Numbers flickered red,
Coffee gone cold,
Hope,thinner than charts,
He clicked “Buy”,
The market dropped,
He sighed hard,
A storm outside echoed,
Then — a spike,
Green candles climbed,
His heart thudded,
He didn’t blink,
It kept rising,
Unrealized gains glowed,
He clicked “Sell”,
Silence followed,
He breathed again,
Luck or madness?,
He didn’t care,
Rent was paid.