Challenge Submission Daring Race

[Mikaela Corvid]

One heartbeat, and two,

I fall on the things I've been taught to do

Things that I know

And things that I've seen

I should be bursting at the seams

Of all of the blood and the tears I've seen shed

One should have a fear and deep seated dread,


I've looked death in the face,

And I've raced her to the scene

Lights glaring, sight unseen,

And when I arrive, death has wrapped her arms

Around a baby who's no longer a charm,

Face blue, and breathing slow

It squeezes my heart and it starts to show,


But I swallow my emotions, and follow the plan,

Compressions and breathing in short span,

I time it well, and time it deep,

And after 5 cycles it's time to repeat,

Surfing the stretcher, zooming the road,

I'm racing the devil, Hoping we'll flow,


It seems like forever, I've worked up a sweat

And as we continued, I'm praying to meet

The team at the door, as we slide in

Hoping we can resuscitate the baby therein,

It's out of my hands, the nurses control

The scene is now theirs' it's time to roll,


Another call has come, to bring us out,

Make us tired, despite our clout,

Eir keep us and give us the strength that we need,

To bring about life and all in good deed.