Work and More Work

I am exhausted from seeing patients all day

My work remains incomplete, I need to stay

For an hour or two to complete notes on the patients I have seen

My “in-basket” full of test results and patient messages I must clean

I usually head home only after every task is complete

I do it every single day on repeat

Which means I am never home early enough

But staying late every day is tough

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I am tempted to leave without completion

Of my work, it is up to my discretion

Whether to finish my paperwork the same day

But I just prefer to do it anyway

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Out of exhaustion, I pack up and leave

It should not be hard to pick up the next day, I believe

But the following day, I scramble to get notes done

I’ve lost ground, I’m lagging behind some

The cycle continues and work piles up some more

Until I’m working on the weekend at the expense of household chores..

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Either I stay late every day or my weekends sacrifice

I have to spend extra hours, and pay the price

Of constantly trying my best to orchestrate

Between work and home, a balance delicate