Let's Make a Promise To Ourselves

Every day we check the scoreboard

And the numbers overwhelm

Who has left and who is struggling

Who has won or left this realm

Sometimes its so unnerving

To see the numbers rise so fast

We contract and feel emotions

For the ones whose lives have passed

We think about and honor

The ones who show up yet again

As they stand in fear and duty

While their patients are in pain

As we sit in shock and safety

Staring at the lighted screens

We have the luxury to contribute

Far beyond our current means

For the ones who didn’t make it

For the ones who who risk it all

For the ones who suffer all alone

And no one comes to call

For them let’s rise and promise

Make the world a better place

See beyond the scorecard

And embrace the human race

We’re all in this together

And our bodies all will die

But now we have a chance to find

A deeper how and why

To honor all the suffering

and those who could not stay

Let’s make a promise to ourselves

To really LIVE each day

GF 4/15/2020