The Nurse

Do you know what you mean to me

She said as she was walking out the door

I’d like to have a conversation with you

Wish I could tell you so much more

I know I am bad with introductions

Most names I just can never recall

The way you have made me feel

I shall have no trouble at all

The things I said to you nurses

The names and the personal abuse

I know I was really really tired

But that’s just unacceptable excuse

I know now you were trying to help me

When you tried to calm me down a bit

You never gave me false promises

Even when I treated you all like shit

You never reacted with anger

Even when I really being obscene

When you smiled at me and you said

I know that’s not what you mean

That’s ok you said to me calmly

I’ve learnt never take it person  ally

I won’t pretend to know how you feel

finding out that you’re no longer free 

You sat and listened to my raving

My long and sorrowful self pitied rant

All the people that I felt were the reason

For my horrible predicament 

Then as I started to feel a bit better

I began to once again find my place

It was nice early some mornings

To see the son and your smiling face

You made me feel like a person

That I was someone that could dream

I’ve lived my life with so much sadness

Too many dark places have I been

I know that I’m a long way from cured

That I will always see the old black dog

And I hope that my time in here helps me

And that there really is a loving God

Do you know what you mean to me

You give me a reason to go to work

that my efforts are not always in vain

that together we can change a world

Copyright Poetry in Paradise Reg ™ No. 1028534