Your Body
Your body lay on the table, wrapped in shrouds / while robed students gathered around, / Your body lay on the table, skin leathery and strong, / I imagined what stories it bore, what paths it traveled along.
Author: Amal Cheema
Contributing Writer
Geisel School of Medicine
Amal is a first-year medical student (Class of 2023) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. In 2017, she graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry and political science. She then pursued a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and a post-baccalaureate in biomedical ethics. She enjoys writing, traveling, crafting, and pursuing outdoor recreation in her free time.
Contributing Writer
Geisel School of Medicine
Amal is a first-year medical student (Class of 2023) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. In 2017, she graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry and political science. She then pursued a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and a post-baccalaureate in biomedical ethics. She enjoys writing, traveling, crafting, and pursuing outdoor recreation in her free time.