10 Years of Our Lives

By Abhinav Saimadhav Yenamandra

10 years of our lives is what we gave

To serve the people of our nation

Now, from them, ourselves we must save

What is it that brought us to this situation

With every drop of sweat, blood and tear

We prepared to save lives

Now we are standing within locked doors, cowering in fear

Trying to escape those with knives

‘Twas not so long ago

That we were praised and revered

Now they have let their morals go

Our beautiful relation severed

It is not easy for us

To break bad news to those who wait

We too care for our patients

Then why are their eyes filled with hate?

We too want to save everyone

But that is not always possible

Till their very last breath, through the hospital we run

And what we get in return is deplorable

10 years of our lives is what we gave

Learning every artery and vein

But reading these episodes of violence

Our every effort seems to have been in vain

10 years of our lives is what we gave

To bring thousands out of pain

By bruising and battering us till we cave

What is it that they gain?

10 years of our lives is what we gave

And 10 more we are ready to give

If a path to peace we must pave

Then we must learn to forgive

It’s time for them to understand

That we give our level best

To treat us like humans

Would now be their ultimate test

By Abhinav Saimadhav Yenamandra