DECEMBER 1, 2014: WORLD AIDS DAY - IN SOLIDARITY - NO DISCRIMINATION PLEASE
Thoughts for us and our our brothers and sisters whom we deny the life that is rightfully theirs – in the name of silly and misplaced reasons – reasons that can never be reasoned for..
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I am just like
you
I won't say
you to tag me along
But I won't
let you
To name call,
to tag me wrong
I am just like
you don't you see
We look the
same, we sound alike
I may have
even the better view
Don't you know
the road I take
Shares the
homes we are from
Why then you
change the course
Whenever we
share the it
And we
reciprocate the view
I am just like
you, and like you
I have my own
problems
The many
problems that a life faces
And has to be
taken on alone
Yes, I have the
one that I would pray
You and anyone
should never have
Yes, I may be
left with fewer days
Than what you
wish to have for you
But, that is
for me to face
After all, who
has been able
To defy the
permanence of death
Yes, I may
stay less to see
But that
doesn't mean
I can't see more
of the world
Than what you wish
to see
Yes, I am just
like you
Yes, I am HIV
Positive
But, I have
learnt to see
That as just
another way of life
Living
positively, staying dignified
Just like you
aspire to become
There is much
common to us
Taking on life,
looking at it every day
As you do, yes,
I am just like you
Yes, I have
greater visible risks
Yes, life is more
unpredictable now
But, I know my
alternatives
That you also
know
That you also
can believe in
It's just a
matter of faith
In living and
let live in harmony
Don't you see
I look just like you
I am not just about numbers
I was not born to add to statistics
I am not ill, it's just a possibility
The certainty of which can be pushed
Yes, I am well, just like you feel
I, too have a past, just like you
And my today thinks a future as well
Where I see the road going ahead
I have had my
faith questioned
And my chances
reassessed
And they have
shown the way
Where you can
help me stay longer
After all, it's
the love that heals us first
After all, it's
the hate that kills us first
Can't you
feel, please don't classify
I am still the
same I used to be
I am just like
you
I won't say
you to tag me along
But I won't
let you
To name call,
to tag me wrong
Yes, I am HIV Positive..But I am just like you..
..And unlike you..I am POSITIVE
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YES, I AM HIV POSITIVE..BUT I AM JUST LIKE YOU