{"id":3955,"date":"2021-10-14T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uhsussex.nhs.uk\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2022-03-23T11:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T11:31:38","slug":"poem-services-to-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bsuh.nhs.uk\/uhsussexcovidstory\/poem-services-to-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Services to Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Katie Eaves<br \/>\nMidwife<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Masks on<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Breathe in<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Out,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Everything seems slow<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Can\u2019t properly hear,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Words muffled,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Need to speak loud, clear<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Gloves, gown, tied up right<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Visor covers face,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Vision reflecting the light<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Feeling the heat,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Sweat<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Entering another dimension<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Sight, sound distorted<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">A strange kind of zen<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">The world beyond<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Seeming forgotten<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Far away<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Caring for those<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">In the red area zone<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Stranded from all<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">No friends or family<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">All visitors banned<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Some so sick<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Every breath exhausts them<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Unable to eat or speak<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Just battling the disease<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Others ventilated<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Lying prone<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Face down<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Sedated, asleep<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Critically unwell<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Some never make it<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">The heart break for family<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">So tragic, so devastating<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">No words<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Just raw pain<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Losing a loved one<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">A father, mother,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">partner,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Sister, brother<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Sometimes a daughter or son<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Families calling<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Via iPads and phones<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Desperate To see 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