Standing in the Ruins

I wrote this a few years ago and it isn't perfect. I used a swear word but that's okay.

Written from a daughter and a Nurse. If it makes you uncomfortable imagine how they felt. Wash your hands. Make that phone call. Tell them you love them and then tell them again. ------- You snuck into our homes, Leaving with our hearts. One swab Two swab Three swab Four We donned our gear And forged ahead Gown, goggles, gloves, and masks Washed our hands And hit our knees Oxymask, high flow, bipap, worse We felt the screams in our bones through the screens There’s the lab again with a critical ABG Right before the monitor rings Keep going, go deeper, allow full recoil One round Two round Three round Four Shock delivered he’s only 44 Fuck. 2107 we did everything we could... You stopped their hearts, And left with our home. ---------- It was like being the pilot of a crashing plane Except the whole worlds on that plane And It crashed and it burned Yet somehow we're still standing Trying to figure out if that beat in our chest is enough to call us alive. -RN Standing In The Ruins, 2020