Knowledge Is the Cure
Children gather around there is a story I must tell.
It’s something that I live with so it’s a story I know well.
Learn to see the lessons before they become regrets.
The consequence you’ll pay will be one you won’t forget.
I’ve never been afraid but of this you should.
Hear these words let them serve you good.
Weight out all your options or you may get HIV
It will change all you know effect all you can be.
There won’t be any warnings but you will feel forsaken.
What may seem correct, you may have mistaken.
Many things around you may seem better than they are
Learn it see the danger and keep yourself afar.
I live with this infection that simply steals life.
It’s strength is uncertainty and comes with strife.
Learn to listen to the warnings before it’s too late.
All that you love shall be devoured by this fate.
All you need is to protect yourself with knowledge
It is a lesson from the streets not one you learn in college.
Isolation becomes real as the loneliness begins.
It’s the battle I fight that I can’t ever win.
Be careful of your choices don’t let them choose you.
Protect yourself or your life will become askew.
Always using condoms is one sure thing to do.
Hiv can infect anyone it can happen to you.
The only thing I know is there isn’t any cure.
Death is always looming of this you can be sure.
I wouldn’t wish this life on a single soul
It’s like having a puzzle and watching the pieces go.
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