Restrained by Quarantine

“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“We’ll check in on Mr. CB’s labs.”

“The consult should be back.”

“Have a good night.”

An email received.

Students forbidden to see.

Patients now concealed.

Was that miskeyed?

A new week begins.

New patients to see.

COVID is here, yet not me.

The world shuts down.

Physicians burn out.

I have gas in the tank.

Why cannot I help out?

In one short year,

I am the frontline.

That patient is mine.

My feet in the fire.

I wait for this day.

Long to fulfill my call.

When crisis strikes,

Physicians stand tall.