IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, YOU CAN BE FORGOTTEN
THROWN AWAY LIKE GARBAGE, LIKE FOOD THAT’S ROTTEN
YEARS OF SOCIALIZATION CAN BECOME OBSOLETE
YEARS OF WORKING TOGETHER NO LONGER CONCRETE
ALL THE FRIENDSHIP AND CAMARADERIE ARE GONE
RELATIONSHIPS NOW A PASS-ON
THERE ARE NO MORE TOGETHERNESS AND MEETINGS
NO GREETINGS, NO MORE GALIVANTING OR FEASTING
MY HEART ACHES, MY SOUL BLEEDS
AS THIS AFFILIATION AND NURSING CAREER CEASE
THERE ARE NO MORE CALLS, NO MORE APPLAUSE
NO MORE SECRETS SHARED; NO MORE RUMORS BARED
NO MORE CHATTER, NO MORE LAUGHTER
THIS SEEMS LIKE A DREAM, SEEMS LIKE THE HEREAFTER
MY WORK FAMILY WHO I THOUGHT I COULD RELY UPON, NOW GONE
ABANDON, NO MORE WORK COMPANION
THANK GOD FOR FAMILY AND ASSOCIATES ON WHOM I CAN DEPEND
SHOW EMPATHY, AND REMAIN, MY FRIENDS
FOR, I HAVE BECOME NULL AND VOID, ABANDONED, AND CAST ASIDE
NEVER KNEW THAT MY WORK-PLACE LINK
MY CO-WORKERS BOND WOULD EVER DIE
FIVE YEARS OF WORK CONTRIBUTION, NULLIFIED
IN MERE SECONDS, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
By Charmaine Allwood-Hanson
Extract from book I Write. You Recite
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I Speak. You Read. 