DEC 1st- WORLD AIDS DAY--> AN ODE TO PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST AIDS

A  few years back I had a chance to visit a hospital cum rehab center where people with AIDS were there...!
The poem the I have written below is based on my experience I had over there...



All those eyes I saw were filled with hunger for love,
After they had received nature's most shocking shove.
They knew it was too late to cry
With minds set, eveready to say goodbye.
For many I could remember to have seen, remaind artless.
While the rest were emotionless.
This center to them was like a prison cell,
Living life there was like hell.

I could barely walk between them, with the feelings of empathy,
Realizing how one mistake can turn to be costly.
Without any hesitation I gave them their most needed drug,
A comfortable and a warm hug.
I realized to find their skin and dress so clammy,
Cause they were helpless, also caretakers needed more money.
Soon my friends came with some special lunch,
For everyone there it was their brunch.



On course of the fun time, a handsome guy walked towards me,
He introduced himself to be Andy.
Who intended to share some pain,
Which he couldn't constrain.
With, tears he shared his deepest secret,
On how he was cheated by his lovely Juliet.
With my arms open, giving a hug I consoled him,
And with this I remember the day light turning dim.

It was now time to leave them,
One thing for which I could never condemn.
I could see their desire to live,
With survival hopes so massive.
I saw them as real life warriors,
Battling between life and death barriers.
Hiding my out coming laceration,
I left from there without any words to be spoken

--> SULAIMAN SAIT