Holy

Scrub, wash, and cleanse of all impurities

Blue Penguins*

Excitation, anticipation, what we’ve been waiting for

Entangled

What is Love?

Is it a gentle kiss? Is it a whispered promise? Is it a summer day’s bliss? Is it relinquishing your freedom to be with them? I saw it there, in a memory care unit He was the only person she knew He still understood time, place, and her heart But couldn’t bear to part from …

Romance and Medicine

“We need to talk” The attending said that before berating me “You’re never home” Reminder to send a referral to that nursing home “You’ve been so distant” My patient can’t travel from their rural home for treatment “I need more” My oncology patient begging for more time “Don’t you remember how it used to be?” …