Lone Star Medicine

Rolling hills under the shadow of towering
Clouds that stretch and hover across
Roads that separate you from your
Doctor

The drives are pleasant but long
Hours pass before you can get
Help my mother needs a
Doctor

The decline was astonishingly
Rapid notification still too
Slow for us to reach our
Doctor

He practices what’s called family
Medicine that impacts the whole
Community who depend on one
Doctor

The need for patient advocacy is
Constant changing of leadership
Titles that fall on the shoulders of this
Doctor

How many patients can you see in one
Day by day the overlooked struggles
Continue to wear down the community’s
Doctor

He works mostly alone but needs a
Team is more of a dream than
Reality for an isolated rural
Doctor