Don’t Look Into Their Eyes

They are full of fear of death

Don’t look into their eyes As they gasp for air and breath Don’t look into their eyes Full of the fear of death

Don’t look into their eyes Which tell too sad a story Don’t look into their eyes Because they will always haunt me

“You’re a hero,” they say As I don my gown and mask Yet my heroics do indeed betray An anguish with which I do my task

Day after day, we struggle and toil To free the patient from deadly grip But day after day, our blood does boil Because yet another into death does slip

And so heart goes numb and eyes do gloss It’s the only way to protect our heart From the pain of yet another loss We keep our humanity far apart

Indeed a good death is also a win This is a thing sincerely believed Yet, still, no matter how much this does sink in At times, my soul is neither soothed nor relieved

Don’t look into their eyes As they gasp for air and breath Horrified that this may be their last Don’t look into their eyes Full of fear of death For a long time will my soul stay aghast