My Day

Stressed from the day

Head pounding like a gong

Trying to do shift change

Trudging thru’ traffic’s throng

 

Today wasn’t enough staff

Calls mounted on the CAD

Ambulance was a sauna

Way too many charts to add

 

No appreciation or help

From management above

Strapped with substandard tools

To perform the best job thereof

 

And dare to complain

You’ve got a better chance in Hell

Just lucky the truck didn’t die

N weren’t killed by fume’s smell

 

Finally made the base

Just as the arrest’s broadcast

Lucky your replacement’s there

Keys throw, torch is passed

 

Finally homeward bound

Escape to my utopian lair

To shed all burdens

Relaxation my only cup to bear

 

I pour a cold concoction

That no stress nor worry can impasse

A wonderous chilled substance

Serenity in a glass

 

Showered and changed

Feet up and reclining in my chair

I’m starting to finally unwind

My soul and body to repair

Zoll

Oh my beloved Zoll

A good ally and friend

How I do miss

All the time we used to spend

 

You were steadfast

Trustworthy to boot

When things got hectic

You remained resolute

 

So user friendly

Never lost our facts

When push came to shove

You had our backs

 

I long for the day

To use you again

So long for now

My faithful friend

Please encourage….

Why are we so angry, spewing so much hate,

Why the resentfulness, we seem so irate.

Why must we criticize, everyone we know,

Constantly critiquing, our judgement bestow.

Constant projection, of what they may think,

Questioning motives, investigating the link.

Squashing their knowledge, defeating desire,

Crushing their spirit, extinguishing their fire.

Our partners, r work mates, all on the tour,

Regardless their status, we need to assure.

Why can’t we build, why not construct,

Why can’t we embolden, encourage, instruct.

Those looking to us, to learn and to grow,

Earnestly seeking, to be in the know.

Cherish their desire, and fuel their flames,

Strengthen their will, lessen their shames.

Give em our years, our knowledge n sight,

Share that third sense, and shed some light.

We have much to offer, more than we know,

Offer that blessing, so they can grow.

Cast off the shadow, disgruntled and mad,

Explore the old you, encouraged unclad.

Let out that captive, locked deep within,

Don’t be prisoner, this new deceptive spin.

Some may be better, more years on the truck,

Maybe just a blessing, maybe just luck.

Maybe we’ve led, experience our friend,

Overseeing others, so many skills to lend.

Regardless reason, use knowledge well,

Not haughtily, grudgingly, but so’ll can excel.

The Epidemic

No escape from this monster,
If you’ve taken its path.
No escape from dependence,
If you’ve succumbed to its wrath.

It only takes once,
To feel it’s bite.
You’re entrapped in its jaws,
No matter how you fight.

Escape it offers,
The utopia you feel.
The false sense of peace,
Is absolutely not real.

It’s just for a moment,
So you’re really mislead.
Reality has a way,
Of rearing its ugly head.

Realism back in focus,
Troubles still there.
You realize no escape,
The greatest nightmare.

So more you must try,
To gain control.
Gambling your life,
And selling your soul.

Try as you might,
Fighting with will.
A prisoner you’ll be,
That it’ll eventually kill.

Should you sleep,
To never awake.
A miscalculation,
A fatal mistake.

Don’t ever dare dabble,
Don’t even take a peek.
Don’t take that life’s gamble,
Don’t fall for its mystique.

Run away from this monster,
With all of your might.
Keep those you love from it,
And it’s ferocious bite.

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