Hakim

This poem is to honor our physician and all those in the medical field who strive to do the one thing that really matters – care.
Who hears the patient out,
Who listens very close,
And wisely sacrifices doubt
For what the patient knows;
Who thinks beyond the need
To make you smile, instead
Exerts all knowledge well to heed
The longer mile ahead.
Who knows disease is war
That’s waged with no decrease
In helping that which battles for
The maintenance of peace.
Who answers every call
From agitated voices
Believing ER isn’t always
From the wisest choices.
Who knows that every soul
Loves dignity in breath,
And reconciles it as one whole
With dignity in death.
We’re blessed that while alive
We have among us such
Whose wisdom may help us surive
Death’s first and only touch.
It’s them we address now:
Thank you very much.