See me
by Dr. Kate Szymanski
Here I sit alone
Waiting yet another day
Hoping to be seen
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COVID has me scared
It is in my nursing home
It has me trapped here
The nurse has come in
The nurse’s face is covered
Which nurse is talking?
It is hard to tell
What the nurse might be saying
I can't read her lips
They bring in a phone
The doctor wants to see me
But only on-screen
My family can't
Come visit me anymore
They are scared to come
COVID is in me
I cannot breathe for coughing
I'm alone and sick
Here I sit alone
Waiting yet another day
Hoping to be seen
Dr. Kate Szymanski is a family and geriatric medicine physician and assistant professor at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
