I leave work on time for once, I am ecstatic
I’ve worked all day with the single-minded focus of a fanatic
I am looking forward to spending a few hours at leisure
Read or watch something for my pleasure
I want to make the most of my evening today
Getting work done early is rare for me anyway
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I try to settle down with a book and find
I’ve left work physically but my mind
Has not- the events of the day
Heavily on my mind continue to weigh
I’m still wrapped up in my patients’ ailments
Much to my own mental health’s detriment
I dealt with life and death at work, and now
I am unable to break away somehow..
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I coax myself to shift my gears and pay attention
To the book before me, it is my intention
To completely immerse myself in the book
But I keep interrupting my reading to go back and look
At work-related content on my device
That I do not enjoy my evening should come as no surprise..
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The inability to break free from work mentally
Has been taking a huge toll on me
This is where I sorely need
To treat work as work indeed
And forget about it when I walk in the door
Of my home, not obsess over it anymore
Passion...unbridled 