How on earth does
an HIV+ person look like? Are they all sickly looking with all the
tell-tale signs of death painted all over their faces? If for example,
people were put on an ID parade like they do in police stations and you
were asked to point out the guilty, would you know by casually glancing
up & down the line?
CHECK OUT HOW AN HIV+ POSITIVE PERSON LOOKS LIKE
An HIV positive person looks like the guy seated next to you on a bus, he's just another nondescript brother going through the rigours of life and sero-conversion just happens to be, well, another challenge.
An HIV positive person looks exactly like your child's teacher. The teaching profession has taken one of the severest knockings from this epidemic. Your child's teacher could be one of the millions of people who are living with HIV/AIDS.
An HIV positive person looks like your pastor. And don't give me those raised eyebrows. It's not like your person of God is indispensable as far as carnal matters are concerned. HIV corners folks in all sorts of places & I believe that it is hard for an HIV positive pastor to share his/her experience. That's why they keep their HIV status under wraps.
An HIV positive person looks like your father. You know deep down in your heart that he's the strongest man in the world-but unbeknown to you , an unseen foe has hit his weakest link. But he's still strong isn't he?
An HIV positive person looks like your caring mother. She's stuck with dad through good times & bad. Your old man is dying or dead; your folks are nowhere to be seen, but don't count mama out yet, not even when you think the bell is gone.
An HIV positive person looks like the clinical officer in your local dispensary. She is the first person the community runs to when one of their own is one degree under, now she is silently asking,"who will nurse this nurse?"
An HIV positive person looks like the celebrity who seems to have all the money in the world & not a single worry. She is your idol and idols aren't supposed to get infected, or are they?
An HIV positive person looks like the farmer in the remotest part of Malawi whose only source of livelihood is a hoe and the red earth. You see him in a documentary & go,"HIV can't travel to what's-the-name-of-that-godforsaken place?"
An HIV positive person looks like your sibling. You love her to bits. She can't be...(you can't even finish the sentence). Your sibling? HIV positive? Are you out of your mind or you smoked a lil' some'-some'?
An HIV positive person looks like the thoughtful person who sits on the sixth chair, on the 3rd row, next to the huge mounted speaker in church.
An HIV positive person looks like the we- behind-the-ears Form Two student who seems to know nothing about sex.
An HIV positive person looks like the person you have secretly admired for years and would sleep with if they as much as coughed at you.
An HIiV positive person looks like your ex-lover. Yeah the one you had all the plans with of living happily ever after until you realised that life is not a fairy tale.
What I'm trying to say is that we come across scores of been there done that HIV positive people everyday, it's only that they don't have T-shirts on to proclaim their sero-conversion. They go on with their lives; they rise and fall, they deny and accept, they have fears & faith.
Remember an HIV positive person is born like, lives like, feels like, dreams like, loves like, laughs like, hates like, makes love like, cries like, dies like an HIV negative person.
Get tested, stick to one partner or use a condom for goodness sake!
CHECK OUT HOW AN HIV+ POSITIVE PERSON LOOKS LIKE
An HIV positive person looks like the guy seated next to you on a bus, he's just another nondescript brother going through the rigours of life and sero-conversion just happens to be, well, another challenge.
An HIV positive person looks exactly like your child's teacher. The teaching profession has taken one of the severest knockings from this epidemic. Your child's teacher could be one of the millions of people who are living with HIV/AIDS.
An HIV positive person looks like your pastor. And don't give me those raised eyebrows. It's not like your person of God is indispensable as far as carnal matters are concerned. HIV corners folks in all sorts of places & I believe that it is hard for an HIV positive pastor to share his/her experience. That's why they keep their HIV status under wraps.
An HIV positive person looks like your father. You know deep down in your heart that he's the strongest man in the world-but unbeknown to you , an unseen foe has hit his weakest link. But he's still strong isn't he?
An HIV positive person looks like your caring mother. She's stuck with dad through good times & bad. Your old man is dying or dead; your folks are nowhere to be seen, but don't count mama out yet, not even when you think the bell is gone.
An HIV positive person looks like the clinical officer in your local dispensary. She is the first person the community runs to when one of their own is one degree under, now she is silently asking,"who will nurse this nurse?"
An HIV positive person looks like the celebrity who seems to have all the money in the world & not a single worry. She is your idol and idols aren't supposed to get infected, or are they?
An HIV positive person looks like the farmer in the remotest part of Malawi whose only source of livelihood is a hoe and the red earth. You see him in a documentary & go,"HIV can't travel to what's-the-name-of-that-godforsaken place?"
An HIV positive person looks like your sibling. You love her to bits. She can't be...(you can't even finish the sentence). Your sibling? HIV positive? Are you out of your mind or you smoked a lil' some'-some'?
An HIV positive person looks like the thoughtful person who sits on the sixth chair, on the 3rd row, next to the huge mounted speaker in church.
An HIV positive person looks like the we- behind-the-ears Form Two student who seems to know nothing about sex.
An HIV positive person looks like the person you have secretly admired for years and would sleep with if they as much as coughed at you.
An HIiV positive person looks like your ex-lover. Yeah the one you had all the plans with of living happily ever after until you realised that life is not a fairy tale.
What I'm trying to say is that we come across scores of been there done that HIV positive people everyday, it's only that they don't have T-shirts on to proclaim their sero-conversion. They go on with their lives; they rise and fall, they deny and accept, they have fears & faith.
Remember an HIV positive person is born like, lives like, feels like, dreams like, loves like, laughs like, hates like, makes love like, cries like, dies like an HIV negative person.
Get tested, stick to one partner or use a condom for goodness sake!
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