Thursday, November 11, 2021

Veteran's Valentine

He tried to keep a doctor's distance
Once he saw the world was sick
From his own disease he learned
How close to get to a diagnosis
Without turning the heart away
He lived every life he treated
In the firm knowledge
It was his own he felt
How to be nothing 
But someone else's 
Flesh and blood
How to hold the magnitude
Of healing in his hands

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