The Nurse! Poem by Naga Vamshidhar Ratakonda

Swift In Shifts,
Day and Night,
Shift after Shift,
Shifts Attention,
Patient to Patient,
With Patience;
Smiling & Wishing,
Wellness for those,
Suffering from Illness;

Pills & Powders,
Injections & Ointments,
Bandage Change,
Bondage Felt;
Prescription Followed,
Diet Schedules Met;
In time for Round Visits!

A Helping Hand,
In Surgeries;
A Caring Hand,
In Therapies;
A Curing Hand,
In Recoveries;

With Fragrance of,
Fresh Flowers;
With a Voice of,
Sweet Nightingales;
Florence Nightingales,
A Plenty of them,
On Toes in Hospitals;
Bridge between,
Doctors & Patients;

From First Aid,
To Mid-Wife,
Until Last Breath; Nurses,
The Only Human Aid,
That Cares & Cures,
The Worsened Health!