The Hiv Test

He walks around town bouncing over size t-shirts baggy jeans half way his butt each day wearing a mysterious smile today with this tomorrow that as easy as his wink so they come and go She thinks she is the It gal Beauty and brains i am Self acclaimed beauty pageant She thinks the many she bed illustrates the hotness of her brand She forgot it is the cheap stuff that sell-off fast. Typical stories perhaps But there is that of a graceful woman loyal to her husband a good wife a great mother a sister a friend. But her husband has no honour He thinks being the alpha one with all the pennies his hood has a right to more than one honie So someday she is pregnant again on testing her D T C runs positive... Then there is the brother traveling with a brother from another mother. God forbid they had an ugly accident cuts open wounds all over blood spill on the other and boom! Or the midwife granny she aids the young bride in the village no one told her these things she has no clue what surgical gloves are So her hands goes in the cut from last night absorb the +ve blood from the bride... They are not just narrations they are events that occur everyday Somewhere as we speak someone is testing positive their fault? maybe But there is such a huge number who will never trace how the contacted the virus In the two decades i have lived always said i never had a reason to take the test. Until last evening No! Nothing unusual just an urge to know my status So i took the kit men am telling you its doesn't matter if you are a virgin a Shaman or you "Holier than Thou" that test is scary! Wait till the blood start to flow you realize just how fragile life is Another red line on that stick and your life is changed for good Yea it is not the end of a life but its a start of a different Something does change! It got me thinking how much we take for granted The much we do not appreciate. Well my test did turn -Ve Glory to God! But am telling you last evening i made a resolution a vow that as sure as well will uphold I realized life is an egg One right yes to the wrong person or one wrong yes to the wrong person and sometimes a right yes to the right person and it cracks! Life is precious and i intend to keep mine that way. I will never take unnecessary risks with my health. My body is your temple and i intend to keep it holy So help me God I don't know about you but i do have a word for you take care do the test whatever the result keep on living Negative