I Chose To Be A Nurse

For better or worse
I chose to be a nurse.
There were times when it was
Such a reward
And times when it was just hard.
It seems in recent years
The job has become
Only possible for the young.
And as you age
You’d best be ready
To set aside your desire
To work with sick and damaged
Souls
And become the maven
Of graphs and stats
And data and schedules
And rules and regs
And budgets and almost anything but
The one thing that you loved the most
And did the best.