There Is A Poem In The Doctor Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

The seriousness in his face
Is betrayed by the poem in his mind
Examining the story of life
Untangling the delicate balance
Between health and disease
The doctor is possessed by his poem
As it erupts in his mind
Swallowing him whole
Magnifying his intelligent mind
To come to a diagnostic conclusion
And map his way forward
Smiling to the client
A hand on his shoulder
Clasps the much needed hope
Inserting it into the heart
The spreading news
Connecting families
In a web of poetry

Words of comfort
Reassurance painted on the wall
As the fight is unraveled
The disease disintegrated
Hope gives way to life
The poetic tunes of machines
No longer scary beats of death
But soft comforting tunes

The poem continues
At times full of sadness
Enveloping the bond between
Binding them together
In this final confrontation
Life melting in his hands
Death approaches with a smile
Helplessness is matched with courage
In a parade of human limits
The doctor rests his pen
Bowing to the spirit before
The final departure of words
Captured by the dying sunlight
The poem drying out in a veil of sweat
Sadness…