Overload

My daughter twirls in her pink confetti
skirt
Laughing at her own silliness
She is so perfect, so naïve, so full of life
I am overwhelmed by the perfection in
that moment
I am dazed by love and hope and joy
I start crying; then sobbing
The juxtaposition
At the hospital, my patient is dying

Overload, Literature by Dallas Shi, MD, PhD, MBA, MOH