Poetry Junior Doctor Competition 2014
JUNIOR DOCTOR -
THE GAME CHANGER OF THE NHS Ms Mehreen Ahmad, Core Surgical Trainee Year 2 Plastic Surgery, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham The floodlights switch on, the crowd jeers, The air is gravid... promising..., And charged with emotion, The noise is lurid, difficult to hear ones thoughts, The doors open and the teams run into the field, It is apparent tonight, like any other night, it will be a good game, Fear, Illness and Disease exchange meaningful looks, Led by their captain, Death, the Challengers are determined, New members have joined their team tonight, Stress, Tiredness and Hounding, The opposing lineup is getting bigger with every play, But the Champions stand strong, With Courage as his Striker and Resolve as the mid fielder, The Junior Doctor knows he must win this one over, Amidst the roars of the troop, a bleep goes off, And the game begins... It is going to be an exhaustive night, The Junior Doctor moves towards the goal, Entwining in and out through the foes, Not letting anyone catch up with him, Weariness tries to drag him down, Ailment surrounds him , Sickness tries to shudder him, But the Junior Doctor fights them all, And makes his way to the goal now, So close to winning, Almost there, When Death halts him, Its an arrest!! Cries of 2222 fill the air, Fear closes in, Dimness tries to enfold him, The junior doctor tussles now, Not able to see the goalpost, Can’t give up now, Can’t lose this one now, The Game is on, He turns around expectantly, Help has arrived and the Junior Doctor makes a pass onto her, Support passes the buck onto the Senior, And the Junior Doctor sees Hope, Senior to Hope, Hope to Junior Doctor, The buck is being passed too fast and too strong for the opponents, ‘Come on Junior Doctor!! Come on! You can do it!!’ Senior cries out Only the Junior Doctor can change the game now, He makes a run for it, Attempts a pass... And it’s a Goal!!!!!!!! The crowd roars!!! The noise is deafening! The Junior Doctor strikes again!! Its a game. One-nil for NHS v opponents, the Champions v Challengers Only until the next bleep goes off...
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