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Aids and Aids

How many it has sent to Hades Despite the many aids Lavished over the ages Your gender does not exonerate you Neither does the gene in you Nor age emancipate you Who really is to blame? For AIDS unscrupulous fame Rendering all efforts lame We now live in a State of Emergency Wholly engaged is every agency Watch what a state of delinquency! Oh! How bitterly I weep When I perceived how very deep The unchecked scourge of its whip How many died yesterday? How many will today? Yet, tomorrow is another day Maybe or maybe not we live Hope is what makes us believe We shall stumble on a lasting relief You and I have a role to play For this malady to give way Give aids with LOVE every day.

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Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/2/2011 9:58:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest again Oluwaseun. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 3/9/2011 4:36:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The best to you in the finals Oluwaseun. Love Carol

Adeleke Adeite

Date: 3/6/2011 6:42:00 PM

great bro!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 12/7/2010 9:12:00 AM

Congratulations Oluwaseun on your excellent poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup. May you have many more features. Love, Carol

Charles Melody Lightning Ink

Date: 12/6/2010 3:24:00 AM

congrats oluwaseun, keep the flag flying..

Sylvia Coulstock

Date: 12/5/2010 4:14:00 PM

HI Gluwaseun.This is a very well written and moving piece with a powerful message.I am aware how Aids is affecting people especially women and children though of course it devastates whole families.I have aso seen remarkable strength and courage from sufferers.My heart and prayers sicerely go out to them and you.Your ability to write like this can reach other's hearts and minds like it did mine.Maybe this will be your role as it is filled with LOVE.Well done being featured. Love June(Sylvia)