DOEL
Dead unseeing eyes lying on cold marble slabs
Unprotesting organs awaiting the touch of the scalpels
Nauseous stench of formalin welcoming you with open arms
Forcing all life’s noble ambitions to flee while self-doubt creeps in.
Urine samples bubbling like a witch’s magical brew
Amoeba in stool made larger than life, flaying their arms
The virgin jab into a vein that bleeds both blood and emotions
The delivery of God’s little creations that makes one feel like God,
Stench of death so overpowering that you feel dead within
Pleading mute eyes begging you for a new lease of life
Agony of watching life slowly ebb out from the fountain of youth
Frustration of knowing you gave it all but failed yet again.
Endless cups of coffee as you plod through voluminous books
Nights spent rushing from bed to bed, sleep a distant fantasy
Days spent curled up in foetal posture too tired to even breath
Life slipping by in a roller coaster of birth and death, hope and despair.
Finally, you step out with the license to kill and the urge to heal
Thrust into the role of the Saviour when you are but a mere mortal
Walking the tightrope between known and unknown, morbidity and mortality
Struggling each day to fulfil one promise, the Hippocrates Oath.
Strong imagery. Loved it💚
Superb imagery!
Not a doctor,butI know how realistic this poem is.
Superb! Salute you and all doctors!
Oh my… Hats off to the medical fraternity… Respect has always been there.. Your poem transported me to a medical college life…very well expressed Doel.. 💚💚
Absolutely marvelous poem. I salute all the doctors.
Brilliant work
Proud to be a doctor serving the humanity and saving lives daily
Beautiful poem.
Respect and gratitude for your service and dedication, each day and every day. 💚
Beautiful imagery
So well expressed doctor’s life
Loved the last four lines
The images are so powerful! Its one disturbing poem yet a very stark reality. Kudos for writing it !
Sincere gratitude for the medical fraternity! Their work is extremely challenging and commendable!
Respect the people who are part of this noble profession💚
What a superb one Doel💚
Your poem reminded my two doctor daughters’ toil with the heavy books.
Marvelous poem Doel, so realistic and each image makes one think of the roller coaster journey that is a part of medical fraternity.
Brilliant 💚💚👏👏👏👏