Here Lies the Paramedic

The grave reads dear departed

Lover, teacher, friend

Here lies the Paramedic

Whose time is at an end

The dates of birth and death

Some simple loving words

Now rests the weary Paramedic

No longer needing what was learnt

No space to mention all the lives

Touched throughout the years

The hands they held and care they gave

And catching all those tears

All those whose faith and hope

Rested on those shoulders

Will never know they now have passed

As the years have made them older

Waiting now with open arms

Are the souls they saw depart

The hands they held and cried with

When there was no beating of the heart

Every smile of reassurance

Their care for one and all

Surpassing sleep and dinner

They answered every call

They attended many families

While their children ate alone

But their family are the ones that grieve

Now that they are gone

So, salute the Paramedic

Whose time has come to pass

They know more than most

That life wasn’t meant to last

Remembered by their colleagues

Mourned by those they left at home

Thought of fondly by their patients

Their name often goes unknown

My dearest Paramedic

We treated side by side

Now in times of crisis

I know my hand you’ll guide

The thousands of patients

The hundreds you saved

Will not truly know the Paramedic

Now resting in their grave