He wants to be a doctor
He wants to be a doctor
which is fine, because his body
is not subject to monthly self-destruction
He wants to be a doctor
and is smarter than my friends
with their humble wisdoms
He wants to be a doctor
we must not crush his dreams
though many of mine were forbidden
He wants to be a doctor
patients will never ask for a kiss
the children will be irrelevant
He wants to be a doctor
and nobody will try to stop him
so a doctor
he becomes
He wants to be a doctor
now I am the stranger
and he the son
Loredana Podolska-Kint (@loredana_poetry) didn't initially realise she was a poet, but now poetry invades her existence at surprising moments. She works at the hospital and writes to heal (whether herself or others remains to be seen).