From Bhutan with love, a poem for doctors from all over the world
I follow the news with a heavy heart. I see images of health workers, care-givers, and people in the front-lines and pay my tributes to their courage and sacrifices.
Here is a little tribute to the medical personnel and the brave-hearts around the world.
TS Powdyel
Thank you forever…
Did you ever think…
This would come?
No, no one ever did.
Hippocrates was no diviner
No, not Florence Nightingale either…
This is all you were told:
Life is sacred: Life is precious
Preserve it… honour it… celebrate it…
This is what you hold in your hand today.
But the scourge is all over:
It is here, there
It has exploded everywhere.
And there you are…
Right in the eye of the storm!
Today, you are not a doctor…
No, nor a nurse…
You’re life unto life
Yes, precious life
Unto precious life
Your vital role dissolves with its precious soul today…
When you go in today
Wrapped in your multi-layered PPE
Tight from head to toe
A single thought reigns supreme in your mind:
These lives are in my hand
No matter what lies beyond…
Thank you for the precious lives you save everyday
Putting selfless service before your own dear self
Thank you for the hunger and the thirst you put aside
And the mask-scars and the heart-aches that will abide
Even as the pressing call of nature you put on hold…
Thank you forever… God bless you evermore…
We see you take your fight to the end
Till you know you cannot bear it anymore…
We see your drained-out colleague drop on the floor
And cry with you for the battles forever lost.
Heart-broken today for the lives that the virus cost…
Hold on, Doctor… heal on, Sister…
Forge on every front-line hero…
And the brave-hearts behind you…
This battle must be fought and won
And Life has to go on…
Thank you for the world…
And, thank you for Life…
The sun will rise again…
Thank you forever…
God bless you evermore…
