Paradigm Shift

With eyes full of splendor she emerged. Her face shone like a saintly being, She looked like she had never committed a sin. I froze as she collected the microphone from our Vice Chancellor, Her voice was soft like the sound from a xylophone. The sight I beheld enchanted my twenty-two year old mind, A Paragon of beauty made by the Lord so Kind, I paid more attention to her voice than to the words it conjured, But I managed to learn that she was a young Medical doctor. Oh Lord! Beauty and brains-What Perfection! I wished I could wife her. And then came the bombshell, It changed everything, My attention shifted from sound of voice to words, From the woman I saw to the woman she could actually have been. Suddenly her past became an issue, Suddenly she wasn’t that beautiful after all, She just cleaned up nice after all. Yes the picture I beheld changed when with pride she said, “I am H.I.V. positive and I advocate against discrimination to HIV patients.” I suddenly realized that the time was ten minutes past four. Hurriedly, I exited the venue. As I was ten minutes late for a crucial meeting.