Undying Love For Humanity Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Remembering the past, working shifts in hospitals, nursing
homes, mental health centers, suicide hotlines, anything
in a medical or psychological environment.

Loving the patients and work, learning from every person,
talking, encouraging, inspiring them as they recuperated,
wonder and beauty of the human spirit abounding everywhere.

Always enjoying and wanting more, also working with dying
children in Hospice, giving hope and joy for the last days
in a child's life.

Hearing them laugh, talking about death, caring, loving
and compassionate, every one of these gentle and brave
little ones touched my heart abundantly.

A wonderful experience, never getting burned out, be-
cause I never thought of self, only focused on each of
the children and people I helped.

This poet's life has been one of inspiration, compassion
and an undying love for all of humanity, I will be sorry
to see it end after my surgery, unable to do it anymore.