Saving lives, a work of art

The internal bleeding stopped, a successful surgery. A pair of gloved fingers lifts the forceps and scalpel in a straight line then drops it in a steel pan; it removes the gloves, washes off remaining blood. Suddenly, the hands start to shiver.

It shivers as it lifts a fork of beef to the mouth; even as it lifts a glass of whiskey as well. It drums on a wooden board in deep thought, on the unknown cause. Is it Parkinsons? Alzhiemers?

It took a paintbrush and drew its worries out . The shiver made art. The art stopped the shiver.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[¿]

Huh! A shivering read...actually I do agree with you on this art...whoever paints this with full focus Almighty's grace be upon him...but if failure found at last let the painter not be cursed...he/she, obviously not willingly does that!!...thanks for sharing😊!

[Kichu]

Thank you for the review. Would love to see your comments on other 'works of art' as well. Subscribe if you like the idea of '100 word flash fiction'. More on the way :)

[¿]

Well indeed I'll..you're heartedly welcome😊!

[Diane]

This was a nice piece. May I ask what you were thinking as you wrote this?

[Riddhi]

Ah!! I loved this...The way you described the entire thing is worth appreciating..Should I ask you one thing??? I don't know but I feel that you are either a doctor or a one who is studying to become a doctor..Actually I myself studied for medical entrance exams NEET and AIIMS and I got MBBS seat in both..But I wanted to become something else , you know I love research and alll such kinds of crazy stuff and I ended up joining IISER Pune...For two years , 11th and 12th actually we were taught so much bio that it included almost the first year of MBBS and the way you describe the entire thing it just made me think if you are a doctor..In one of your stories , I read how you wrote alarmed by my amygdala and actually here the way you described the entire situation including Parkinson's and Alzhiemers it just made me thing about it..In my family , almost all my elder cousins are doctors and they always tell me how people complain if any mistake happens and in our country there is no security for doctors..I remembered how recently doctors of AIIMS Delhi wore black helmet for entire day to protest against the lack of security that a doctor has...You know when I was preparing for medical entrance exams I was always worried about this and actually you know I know that doctor is thought next to god but doctor is not a god that he can save a person's life in any situation...People need to understand that..My best friend's mother is a gynecologist and always you know whenever a baby is born dead there are police officers..Though I understand that today this profession has become just a business for some people but still there are many doctors who do care about their patients..You beautifully expressed the entire concept and ideas behind this story and actually I loved it most because I can easily relate myself to it...
Keep on writing...