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
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