Again! – A Poem

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***Please note that it’s not about my own life; I’ve only tried to show how health professionals here and in some other countries are being treated nowadays. And also I’m a medical student, not a doctor yet.

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An old man
Lying in front of me;
One foot in the grave
As we could see.
Crying and begging
To save his life,
There they were‐
His son and wife!

A delicate situation
But couldn’t be unheeded.
To fulfill my duty,
I proceeded.
We tried and tried,
As much as we could!
A living body in an instant
Lying like a block of wood.

Suddenly, people started
Throwing stones at me;
Made me believe
How cruel this world can be!
These young hands and feet
Were getting tired;
The character inside me
Almost died!

I rued the day
I chose to be a doctor!
All of a sudden
I remembered my daughter:
Waiting for me
To breastfeed her;
But all I saw was
Haze and blur!

The byname of a murderer
Began to rain!
Head was bleeding,
And heart in so much pain.
All the hard works
Went in vain;
The same old incident
Repeated again!

My husband might have been
Waiting for me:
With a hug full of love,
Kisses and a cup of tea!
How he might have been
Watching news:
How a doctor
Got beaten up with shoes!

AGAIN!

But this time,
His wife was the one to endure pain!

So many protests,
But still no gain!

Yes, the same old incident-
Repeated AGAIN!

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I wrote this poem 3 years back. And unfortunately, I can still relate to this (even more). The only thing that has changed is my dream of not going abroad and serving for my own country🇳🇵.