Nursing Hell lyrics

If hell's portico could be here

It would surely be there full

For sentient souls imprisoned

In body and mind unreachable

Those senile spirits know little

Digressing as if a child reversed

Back to the womb that is earth

They live final days, a tragic tale

The staff has a load that far exceeds

That of those in hospital service

But they too cope with apathy

Through indifference, complaining

The heirarchy their mandated law

The nurses sacked in hospital go

To pass pills and just survive

While STNAs pass the buck on

The patients paying top dollar monthly

They pay for staff conflicts and slough

Ignored, sometimes to the point of death

In a world where a change of name

Limits lethal legal liabilities

Their neglect and ignorance clad

Daily causes crimes against humanity

In a sphere where justice should be

The constant companion of compassion

There is an unwritten rule, bitter

Amongst residents unescaping

Not to associate with those impermanent

They are bound like prisoners

In a cell, a hotel room inhospitiable

Here, in this mindless manor

Lie the injustices and decisions erred

That condemned rats to a maze

Never to find an end, only beneath a shroud

Tis better to die beneath a tall tree

On a sunny day with a sweet breeze

To look into the eyes of God, alone

Than endure a BM hell neglected there

When life is no more than routines

What's for dinner, evaluating BMs

Pill time, unwanted prods and pokes

The corridors echo with ignored alarms

Dante did not consider this travesty

In an inferno where the level seen

It only sinks further still unnoticed

By heads turned away conveniently so