LEAVING WARD 32 COURTNEY HILL

This is for you Courtney you were only 19 years old The day when I met you, you made your debut Like a new Leicester City football player I felt like a father who was proud of his daughter Like a very old brother, you're the love of a mother You're like a breath of fresh air You started working as a student on ward 32 With your lovely tattoos and confident, beautiful Beautiful smile But what shined through on ward 32 on ward 32 You worked so hard and persevered to become the nurse You wanted to be achieving your goals Doing the things that you wanted to do And little by little and day by day And as time went by when eventually you were a nurse On ward 32 On ward 32 But you didn't stop there No, no, no, hell no, you didn't stop there You you you showed your patients, all of your care all of your care all of your care Sharing and caring for your staff members too That worked side by side with you You were good, you were great, no one better than great You were amazing, you were brilliant and so, so resilient As the years went by, you moved up through the ranks To become a deputy nurse on ward 32 On ward 32, I knew that you would go far Because you shined like a big, bright, beautiful star As the difficult times came around The COVID years, those horrible, horrible COVID years You persevered and stood your ground Helping staff when they felt down Showing your support, that was loyal and true On ward 32 on ward 32 You kept on moving Striving for bigger and better things And now that you're leaving, you're leaving us Courtney, I'm gonna miss you I'm gonna really, really, really miss you With tears in my eyes I silently cry If people only knew the power of your aura that you wield Courtney, you're moving on to further your fields And broaden your horizon Well, I just want you to know I'm gonna miss you I'm really, really going to miss you With tears in my eyes I silently cry Congratulations on your newfound job I hope, I hope they know That they're getting one hell of a girl A great, great person That's you With the legacy you've left us On ward 32 You've done us proud, Courtney You've done us proud, girl, you've done us proud And girlfriend, we love you Yes, we love you, we do I hope, I hope, I hope That when you look back over the years At this message I wanted you to know that While you were here On ward 32 On ward 32 I didn't get to say thank you So I wanna thank you For the things that you did for me And most importantly I'm really, really gonna miss you With tears in my eyes I silently cry Please, please, please still stay in touch Even though not everybody does Take care, look after yourself You beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful person With your kind and generous heart From your bestest, bestest, bestest friend, Jackson