The Class Of 2020 Doctors Graduated Online
They Were Needed To Take Up Their Posts On The Frontline
Doctors And Nurses Who Had Left Erin’s Shore
From The Four Corners Of The World
They Were Called Back Once More
They Came In Their Droves
Seventy Five Thousand Worldwide Answered Ireland’s Call
With The Intention Of Working To Save Us All
To Get The Numbers Right, To Flatten The Curve
We Are Needed To Play Our Part
We Stay Home, Staying Safe
So They Can Do Battle With A Deadly Enemy That Has Spread Worldwide
No Guns Are Needed
Just Proper And Necessary P.P.E.
This Is The Armour They Wear For Hours On End
Keeping Themselves And Those In Their Care
Safe And Well
In Sometimes What Appears To Be A Living Hell
The Visible Mark’s Appear On Their Skin
The Invisible Scars They Carry Within
For The Physical Pain And Emotional Trauma
They Endure, Day After Day
They Will Need Time Off, To Rest, To Process, To Heal
For The Fights Of Their Lives Take Place
Behind Hospital Doors
They Are Lost And Won From Hospital Beds
They Watch Filled With Hope Sometimes Dread
Our Earth Angel’s Dressed In Blue
Now Have A Greater Grasp On What To Do
To Save A Life Of One In Their Care
Or Show One Who’s Passing
That They Are There
In Life As In Death
They Show That They Care.
© Pauline Byrne 2020
Hi Pauline,
I Have read a lot of the poems they are very good,.!! I tried to share them to our social media page BUT COULDN’T . I will try to share the online article that the echo does on Thursday.
kind regards
Geoff