Eighteen year olds should know betterChoosing a life of beginnings and endsSweet innocent eyesWe said we could do itNow we march for our sanityTo gain some reprise It worsened much more within two long yearsA pandemic to end usWe worked longer and harderLost in a frenzy to test usEighteen and innocentBecame open eyed and destroyedSeeingContinue reading “The Eyes Of Eighteen”
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Behind the mask
Behind the mask I am just a girl. With the mask on I am heralded a “hero” and “amazing person”, yet I don’t feel like it at all. I don’t need claps or praise or for everyone to tell me how good a job I am doing, or how “it must be really hard butContinue reading “Behind the mask”
I Recognise your eyes
Tell me what is your name because I’d really like to know, I want to hear it from your mouth and then I’ll need to go, Onto someone anew to gaze upon, to help, to fix, to hold, Never I have I seen what I have seen, this is the truth be told. Your eyesContinue reading “I Recognise your eyes”
G is for George
As I walked into the room, I barely knew which person was the patient and which was the company. Both women, standing there in front of me, similar ages, similar physical beauty and dress. Then she smiled, and I knew right away who I was to be focusing my energy on for the next 11Continue reading “G is for George”
As strong as her
LR was the first patient that made me feel like I was actually a nurse. She needed me and I, in some ways, needed her. She gave me confidence and hope and strength. Gosh, the strength of that woman you couldn’t believe. LR had lymphoma, the third life threatening cancer she has encountered in herContinue reading “As strong as her”
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