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    A medical student's diary entry from April 2020 describes the harsh realities of their job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their days start suddenly without tranquility as they experience the stark smells and sights of treating patients. Medicine provides structure and purpose compared to the weeks without goals or intellectual challenges. While troubled souls often become healers, the student finds no escape from reality as safe spaces exclude their work and the virus continues to spread rapidly.

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    A medical student's diary entry from April 2020 describes the harsh realities of their job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their days start suddenly without tranquility as they experience the stark smells and sights of treating patients. Medicine provides structure and purpose compared to the weeks without goals or intellectual challenges. While troubled souls often become healers, the student finds no escape from reality as safe spaces exclude their work and the virus continues to spread rapidly.

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    A Med Student’s Diary

    April 2020

    Her day starts suddenly, again


    like the cracking of an eggshell
    There’s no going back
    to the tranquility just before.

    Reality
    is harsher than the smell of cauterized flesh
    And more stark
    than blood on a fresh blouse
    Reality has long been a resting place.

    Medicine is safer
    than those moments between tasks
    than these days lacking structure
    than the weeks without purpose.

    Gone are the days


    of struggle with peace
    of venture with serenity
    Each intellectual pursuit, each insurmountable goal
    calms the internal storm
    that reality insists on pressurizing.

    She can’t be alone in this plight


    Troubled hearts become lovers
    Troubled souls become healers
    who aspire to treat all but one
    and are damn persistent in that affliction.

    The world slows yet the virus spreads


    Safe spaces include the home
    Safe spaces exclude her home
    Medicine missing most poignant
    Reality present most unwavering.

    Ambition is not lacking


    as there is much to still be done
    But there is no replacement for medicine
    And reality approaches faster
    then she could ever run.

    -KJS

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