A Physician's Plea

a physician's plea

i am a physician

which means i'm first human

though the world wants to keep me

detached and removed

up in some pedestal

far from the real you

i don't belong there

i belong with you

next to you

i'm a human person

i am like you

it is in my humanity

that i can best

see you

hear you

serve you

i am a human being

just like you

and my heart longs

to know you

and connect with you

with compassion

generosity

and, yes, with love

let me

fall

back 

down

to where i belong

i am 

human

which is

what you need

not

one 

more

machine

let me be human

and walk alongside you

believe me, i care,

and healing dwells there

in the house of 'we'

we heal

together

living more fully

together

we are human

i am human

a human, MD

Blessings & Joy,

Dr Mari 

© 2016 Amaryllis Sánchez Wohlever, MD

I was blessed as the first physician to greet this baby into our world!