The Baptizing Tree

By Jessica Tuan, MD, MS, AAHIVS
Yale University School of Medicine

The Baptizing Tree

When the lingering raindrops 

Fall from the 

Vaulted, leafy cathedral 

Onto me,

I am renewed.

Masked by the sun, 

Leaves shower me with clandestine pockets of rain, 

While the stained glass shadows guide me in a direction back home,

Asking me in one breath to

Abandon restraint

Without hesitancy, 

But rather intention.

About the artist

Jessica Tuan is an Infectious Diseases physician and Instructor at the Yale University School of Medicine.  Her underlying passions involve the study of HIV, Global Health, Tropical Medicine, and other infectious diseases.

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