Three years in
Two student nurses
Prim and proper
Gentle souls
One from Kochi
One from Freetown
Sierra Leone
their respective roles
Choosing caring loving sharing
A lifetime’s journey
Is their ploy
Taking on the sickly British
Bringing them some Eastern joy
Weather beaten oft unseaten
Toxic cases lost for sure
Student nurses come assisting
Their empathy is from their core
Travel far across the ocean
To Luton they exclaim their place
To serve humanity with their
Honour
and their knowledge and good grace
Admirable for youth
To flourish
Under such gentle views
Giving lots and faking nothing
Helping in what life accrues
Seeds of an abundant life force
And a wondrous energy
Student nurses I salute you
For your resplendent majesty.
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.