Behold! For the power of the mind is increased by learning and reading.
For the page is a testament, memoriam of lessons and loves for all.
As we gaze unto pages and pages, we are receiving
Those lessons, sprinkled, dropped as rain falls.
Waters of learning flow through as we study to heal.
But to meet you, for the first moment, made it real.
As we comb through pages, we devour stories and tales of the magnificence of being.
Days melt into nights, and we move forward, undaunted by our journey.
Walking, with our head bowed and our heart open, towards that mastery of healing.
Thus, with the end of every day, there comes our additions and stories changing.
Yet, entrusted by you, we are given the grace of reading a story on its final page.
We never met you, but as we spent time with you, pieces of your life were put on stage.
Lives written in the past, souls the summation of days.
For unto you we read and see how a true fire will blaze.
Souls are built from infinite decisions in finite time.
While the weight of our learning can often feel like pantomime.
Walking with you, knowing your story, allows your spark to burn evermore.
For the flame of life ends not at death, but in the lessons from those who came before.
Our first patient, you were ever patient with us, as we listened.
Trying to write our own stories, earnestness in our eyes glistened.
Little lessons and secrets we uncover from your story.
To recite and excite us to celebrate human glory.
The book of life for any individual has a final page, its swan song.
But, with love in our hearts, we open it again for others to read along.
Mohammad Khan is a fourth-year medical student in The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Class of 2021. He graduated from Arizona State University in 2014 with two bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and biology. He then worked as a teacher and completed a Master's in biomedical diagnostics in 2017. For fun, Mohammad (who also goes by Mokha) likes to practice at the archery range, work on calligraphy, game, and fountain pen writing, and read science fiction novels. He is interested in medicine with a focus on educating patients.