Coming in from overhead, drifting down
Towards the hospital ship, you notice her
The nurse with red hair, the one who's six feet tall
Or a bit more. It's D-Day and she's twenty-four
She's as strong as she'll ever be which is very strong
And doesn't limp as she will when she's old.
Because it has to be done, she's been carrying bodies,
Live ones and dead ones, putting them in beds,
In boxes, in rows. She cleans, cuts,
Sews neat, quick stitches, tells dying soldiers
They'll be fine and knows that she
Can and will not sleep for days and that her dreams
Will be such as she can bear. She sees you, of course,
And says "If you're not here to help, go away."
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