This is the second part of the OLD WOMAN’S THOUGHTS- this was written by a care provider:

 

Who is it you see when you’re looking at me

Am I just a nurse or a friend that you see?

Am I an ear when things don’t go right

Or am I an eye when you’re losing your sight?

Maybe a hand when your limbs move no more

Or a steadying arm when you’re feeling unsure

Another soft tongue to whisper your prayer

Or a shoulder to cry on who’ll always be there?

I’d like more time to just sit and talk

To bathe you and feed you and help you to walk

To hear of your life and the things you have done

Your childhood, your husband, your daughter your son.

But time is against us there’s so much to do

Patients too many and nurses so few.

I grieve when I see you so sad and alone

With no one to visit, no friends of your own.

I speak with compassion and feelings so sad

When I think of your life and the joy you once had.

I hope when I’m old that someone might be

As caring and loving and mindful of me.

So when you are sitting alone in your chair

Give a thought to the nurses who really do care.

When your body is tired and cannot go on

We’ll all shed a tear that a dear friend has gone

 

While you sleep the long sleep without worry or care

There are other old people for whom we must care

So please understand if we hurry and fuss

So many of you and so few of us.

Nurses have feelings and when we must part

You leave us behind with an ache in our heart.

So when you speak to the good Lord above

Remember us nurses – remember our love.