People Who Take Care

[july06]

In my book for English class, I came across a poem about nursing and I thought that I would share it with everybody. :)

People Who Take Care

People who take care of people

get paid less than anybody

people who take care of people

are not worth much

except to people who are

sick, old, helpless, and poor

people who take care of people

are not important to most other people

are not respected by many other people

come and go without much fuss

unless they don't show up

when needed

people who make more money

tell them what to do

never get **** on their hands

never mop vomit or wipe tears

don't stand in danger

of having plates thrown at them

sharing every cold

observing agonies

they cannot tell at home

people who take care of people

have a secret

that sees them through the double shift

that moves with them from room to room

that keeps them on the floor

sometimes they fill a hollow

no one else can fill

sometimes through the ****

and blood and tears

they go to a beautiful place, somewhere

those clean important people

have never been.

-Nancy Henry

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

unquestionably, this deserves a cheer!!! thank you for sharing this poem...aloha~