A Patient’s Plea (Poetry)
“Today my life is in someone’s hands Someone else holds my fate I have to hope that those hands are calm and the cut is both clean and straight This someone has chosen a caring life A life that is noble and pure It isn't for the money and fame But more for the chance to cure The surgeon has given up many things That others would not forego They stayed up late and studied hard Because surgeons needed to know... They needed to know the how and the when They needed to know the why Because being wrong was a terrible thing And someone would probably die While others were getting on with their lives The doctor was still working hard Honing a craft that demanded strong skills A career where they must be on guard On guard against stress and distractions and fear, On guard against ego and gloom For those are all things that just have no place In the hospital operating room There can be no fear or the hand won’t be true, And skill is certainly key For without knowledge and skill dedication will fail And the person to suffer is me My future is in your hands today My family and friends and my life So promise me Dr. that you’ll take good care When I go under your knife Use all that skill and your heart and your hands And know that you've given your best And if worse comes to worse and the outcome is bad Keep going for all of the rest WISH ME LUCK!” ~ Anonymous