Heat builds, threateningly, behind your eyes She says her son was given up on before. You swear he squeezes your hand, This boy who’s been through too much. You squeeze harder as your heart breaks. Then cry in a stairwell And un-break your heart, So the next child who needs it can have it too
Un-breaking in the 2NE Stairwell, Literature by Jenn Horton, MD
Jenn Horton, MD
PGY-1, Pediatrics
Jenn finds that creative writing serves as an outlet for the many emotions that come with practicing medicine, whether it takes the form of a poetic catharsis of real events or long-form escapism into fantasy.
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