I have met these heroes in hospitals, in offices – in my own apartment.
And they were good to me, perhaps better than I deserved.
THERE ARE UNSUNG HEROES AMONG US, PEOPLE
WE DO NOT KNOW WHO SAVE OUR LIVES.
There are unsung heros among us,
people we hardly know who save our lives –
nurses in the hospital, some working at night,
pumping out the lungs of critical patients,
who do not remember these saviour
nurses in the morning.
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I watched them working for two
hours, working on this man who was on the
very edge of death. And saving him.
You see, I was the patient in the other bed.
And I was watching closely
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There are social workers who perform
selfless tasks, to those clients who are too
stupid, perhaps, to know they are in
need. These ladies, women and girls
(for each woman is all three)
give without ever being asked to give.
They do what their clients, for
whatever reason, are no longer capable
of doing.
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