041920|Work Related|Poetry Month

A quarter past 5

Alarm begins to chime

My mouth let's out a slight sigh

All night long body tossed like a salad

Thanking God before my feet hit the ground

It's that time again

For me to clock in

Hygiene set, dressed

Prepped and ready to go

Praying for traveling mercies

As ignition starts, getting on the road

I am needed

I am wanted

I am essential

Your grace

Your mercy

Your favor

Is needed

Is wanted

Is essential

I thank you God

For allowing me

To be covered

I am covered

With a hedge of protection

Fear has been fired

Faith is a fulltime hired position

Walked the long corridors

Temperature checked

Questions answered

Passed, I can pass

I am here to do everything work related

Is seeing a dead body part of my job description?

For I pass by the morgue's entrance quit a few times daily

At times there's a corpse waiting to be let in

Or a gentleman waiting to pick up the body

So you know another one has gained his wings

May he rest in peace

Mentally exhausting

13.5 hours days

Where as soon as you walk in

You are put in harm's way

The best thing for me to do is praise

To be continued...

Marcia S. McNeill

Words By Marcia

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