Physician

"And he said unto them, 'Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.'" -Luke 4:23 KJV

Physician do
remedy the ills of spirit,
make time to treat with care
nerves so burdened.
Could it even cure your pain?

Practiced over all these years
concocted potions:
from herbs, roots, bark, grasses, seed, moss, fungus--
All to make better the body and mind
and somewhere inside, the spirit, too.

Remove with swift skilled blade
cancer that attacks organs--
Cut deep and precise--
Cut sure, to see the evil growth gone.

Cause no harm, per Hippocrates,
ease the pain, the suffering.
Bring relief and comfort
And as the new day's sunrise
melts away the dew,
wakes the morning sparrows,
chases away the small fattened bats,
come brighten.