D-Day

I sigh
Terrified
Petrified
Is the
Day I
Die?

I was prepared
To serve
Long days
Long hours
When things soured
But would not
Have thought
Of this day
In a million years
Wait

Close my eyes
Block it out
Must be a dream
This day does not
Real seem

Flashback
A month ago so ordinary
Flashback
No virus so scary

Yes some danger in the hospital
Of getting sick
But this virus is different
Kills people quick

Snap Back
What can I do? I ask
No time
To relax
Need to
Keep going
Keep moving

Do what I can do
Else against this
Virus
We will be losing

And so
Here I go
I got my walk
Back to the scrubs
The white coat
The
Uniform
Some
Comfort
When
Everything else
Feels
Hopeless and forlorn

I march
Heel toe
In black clogs
To the hospital door
My shift soon
To begin

And
There is

No one by my side
No stars and stripes flying
No national anthem
No one near
Waving smiling wide

Alone.
I am.

The automatic door of the hospital opens.

Bzzzzzzzt.

And I
Step

Onto the battlefield.