Marie Benson
Photography and Poem By Gary Engstrom
Always a Nurse Watching over… Moving toward… Waiting with… The sick The wounded While most… Move away from… Become blind to… Cannot hear… Do not welcome… The dying The struggling Inspired by the Nightingale Motivated by the Barton Holding the hand of… Letting go of… The lonely The dying While most… Create distraction Look the other way. Upheld by… The inner Spirit The Sacred pierced hand Feeds… Cloths… Washes… The… Hungry Naked Filthy Disabled Dying While most… Vote to keep “What is theirs” Pander to the rich Despise the other Staying calm in the face of panic Giving hope in the face of hopelessness Lifting up the down hearted Setting aside one’s life for the other A nurse never retires Seeking those needing a caring hand.