Few lines about burn out syndrome. A major health issue due to the fast and unending race, that life has become nowadays.
Burned Out
Have been travelling so long
On a dull and a dusty road
Had been assured at the start
Someday it would end
It’s not about the driving
The heat rain or snow
Nor about aches or pains
That hatch and just grow
It’s time I
Had some rest
And a calm easy sleep
Where I won’t toss
Turn in bed
Snoring like a pig
And wake up lost
In the dark
Breathless and choked
Half awake half asleep
Not knowing where
Why I was
And who the hell
Should I be
Except a thing
That was clear
An urge to urgently pee
Hand in hand
A desire strong
Not wanting to
Fear is strong
Sleep will abscond
On walking towards the loo
Greater than the growing pain
In a bloated tummy
I indulge my bladder
A few times
Though most of the times
Sleep
For morning next
Old drab wheels await
Same dull road
That refuses to end
Though
I’ll have to be sharp
Alert and awake
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
Nose to the grindstone till we are alive
Yes
Some can handle it some can’t.
Indeed it’s true.
Yes, burn out is a real problem, especially in the medical industry!
Yes. And difficult to diagnose. So the person suffers a lot. No one can understand or help.