Everything Is (Not) Fine

“Do you ever wish”
you were dead or
could disappear?”
I ask patients,
but can’t stop thinking
of my own answer:
Yes.
Medical school, where
everything is fine.
Smile. Read.
Be punctual.
Be perfect.
How easy.
Constant internal dialogue screams:
I am not enough,
not doing enough.
Everything is not fine.
And that is okay.

Jessica Zhu, MD

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