Community Nurse of four years,
Appointed in house,
Doors should open.
Entered one house once!
Doors remained closed.
Muffled cry not heard.
Only five weeks old
Her cover a blanket,
Then came the weight,
One last cry.
Parents of the babe,
Return home drunk.
Drag their mattress onto floor,
collapse to sleep.
Next day tragic discovery.
Elder, beyond tears.
Heard and seen this before.
Another loss.
Stays with day's plan.
Press on - this will happen again.
This elder had invited me to visit special sites ... a great privilege.
Her cries were there ... they would be heard late at night as she remembers so many similar tragedies. I found all four reasons to cry. So easy for anger and judgement to arise. They are some of the emotions and responses for such matters but only some.
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