Humbled

We complain so much

About such an array

Sometimes it consumes

Our whole entire day

 

Gripe about commute

Moan about traffic

Complain about weather

Everything’s tragic

 

Curse r co-workers

Lament bout r’work

Overtime again

Boss is such a jerk

 

No time for a lunch

Somethin’ someone said

Tired of the grind

All we see is red

 

But then I see patients

Dying and bedbound

Wife lost her partner

Mother’s son drowned

 

Stroke one side gone

A death from OD

A teenage hanging

Dementia’s lonely

 

Brother who’s knifed

And cardiac arrests

Massive infarctions

Cancer’s dying breasts

 

Horrific car crash

Supported by a vent

Incapacitated

DNR consent

 

Way too much pain

My heart truly grieves

So many lives lost

The emptiness it leaves

 

Think of my complaints

Surely doesn’t compare

My issues r trivial

Based on such despair

 

So when I think it’s rough

Things bad,… I’m stressed

Look around, be humbled

And realize truly blessed