Nobody else knows how to do it.
You say it like a burden. You carry it like a medal.
Every decision runs through you.
Every password. Every call worth making.
It feels like proof you matter.
Nobody did that to you.
You chose it the day the handover felt slower than doing it yourself.
Then you chose it again. And again.
Being needed isn't a measure of your value.
It's a description of what you built.
And it holds right up until the morning you can't show up.
The handover you keep postponing isn't admin.
It's the last part of the job.
