It was a dusky evening
For me, like a beginning of an end,
When reality struck me
That I tested HIV positive
And petal by petal life withered away...
I felt the fear building inside me,
As loneliness & pain surrounded me,
Clueless as what the future held,
Helpless I stood as time slipped away,
And petal by petal life withered away...
I knew not the worst was still to come,
As distanced I was from my friends,
No longer to my family did I belong,
Just left like a loner, in the crowd,
And petal by petal life withered away...
Where ever I went, where ever I was,
All eyes watched me over & again,
With fear & sympathy for a distressed life,
Like an accused of a un-forgiven crime,
And petal by petal life withered away...
Rather than fight against my death,
I had a task to fight for my self respect,
Just a normal life that I longed for,
I did not want to die before my death,
And petal by petal life withered away...
If asked was I for a wish to be fulfilled,
If only we were treated as human beings,
Just a helping of love & compassion,
Not depriving us of our normal life,
And what if this also happens to you,
For petal by petal life withers away...
