NARRATIVE ESSAYS

Pandemic Haiku

Suzanne Minor, MD

Fam Med. 2022;54(10):838-838.

DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2022.865694

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My breath caught, heart fell
Packed cheering stadiums of
Future fourth wavers.

College football throngs,
Overflowing crush of fans.
What are we teaching?

Doctors, nurses, and
Social contracts breaking with
Each unmasked mandate.

Exhausted carers
Sounding the alarm again
Who is listening?

Aloof unmasked think
Themselves safe, disregarding
The vulnerable.

Maskless advocates
Likely assume access to
Functioning health care.

Fledgling contagious
Dreams of normalcy smothered by raging,
Blind indifference.

Unwitting, naïve,
I thought my government should
Care for its people.

Vaccines increasing,
Quiet conscientious acts
Representing hope.

Inconvenient masks,
My way of caring for and
Loving all near me.

Meeting opposing
Minds with earnest, open heart
To hear fears and hopes.

Letting go, living
In the moment, trust rising
Day
     by day
          by day…

Lead Author

Suzanne Minor, MD

Affiliations: Florida International University - Department of Humanities, Health, & Society, Miami, FL

Corresponding Author

Suzanne Minor, MD

Correspondence: Florida International University - Department of Humanities, Health, & Society, 11200 SW 8th Street, AHC II, 361A, Miami, FL 33199.

Email: seminor@fiu.edu

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