
This poem celebrates all health care workers on World Health Day 2020, as they put their lives and time with loved ones on the line to keep us healthy. It is hoped that we all recognize the sacrifice and appreciate it by working together with them, following their guidelines, supporting them and help them to help us.
Braveheart
Sacrifice and duty
Passion and diligence
Are the traits that
Drew me closer
In an abstract way
I knew you would face
Battles and be at great risk
And you would love it
It is intense to support
as you head straight
Into harm’s way
Every day a close shave
Not afraid to catch it as
You drag back lives from
The hands of death on the wards
and hallway, you give your all
What we have is more
Than gold and strong
Enough to weather this
Yet I can’t stop the chills
I can not hold you
This space is for my safety
Yet all I want to do
Is hug you tight
Armed with bravery and the oath
You set forth into danger each day
Leaving me at the window
Dying inside from the terror
- Oumissa
This poem was recently published in a collection Love Stories in a Pandemic by Folábòmí Àmòó
Download a free copy here.