Lost sight of the road, eyelids falling two curtains to keep the sick & coughing patients from touching my soul. I nearly destroyed a little old man with the opening of the ambulance door. Even under the first-responder’s glare, I didn’t know what was happening. After that, my partner banned me from the driver’s seat. […]
Tag: Emergency Medical Technician
Biology Exam I // Sunday
some day is different from someday. I don’t know how. Both are just as abstract, deferring responsibility . I will do better tomorrow I will love you better some day, someday when I no longer want to . I did not cram for my biology exam thoughts escaped me like particles through protein channels, passive […]
seasonal memories
Yesterday, we brought a man back from the dead. What follows is always a collection of poetry.
Under the Influence
I could use some chicken noodle soup right now, but this is the best I can do without a stove.
“one of our own,” he said over and over
Because I love her hands clasped, compressions on his chest counting to thirty under my breath as my partner cut through the fabric of his buttoned shirt thirteen year old told me last week “I want to die every single day!” and I thought immediately, I want to die every other day life is […]
The Ted Lavender Effect
It’s July.
Temer, I meant to tell you
Temer, I meant to tell you dead bodies aren’t that bad
Tuesdays and Thursdays Don’t Mean Much Anymore
I am slowly putting my thoughts down in prose again.
Growing Up EMT
Today marks my one year anniversary with Emergency Medicine.
For What to Tell a Layperson
A short answer to an impossible question.
Just Thoughts 