Caring. My stethoscope cold on skin warm for restraint.
Caring. Pool-salt devotion, hands steadier in service than in wanting
Caring. Jollof simmers while she dresses you like a doll.
Caring. Time's nearly up — patience cracks against your impulse.
Caring. Perfected calm hiding the itch to control your posture
Caring. Vows I can calm any pulse but yours.
Caring. Tender hand that quietly holds what she claims.
Caring. Cool lab face, hands already reaching for you.
Caring. Late-shift slow hands, already holding the door.
Caring. Eight-minute exam tempo fighting a three-hour want.
Caring. The nurse who runs triage by day, writes filth by lamplight.
Caring. Your colleague who checks vitals with her mouth first.