Who am I

I am the one hidden behind a veil of deception

Yes it is true I have an attacker that I didn’t ask for yet invades my body

What is this you ask that has set me beyond touch or another’s affection…compassion

It’s called…HIV

Although my name differs that is what I am called now

Although it’s not obtain by touch I am shunned now

Look into my eyes and tell me what you see

It’s an outward appearance of you yet why when all is revealed does it transform

Why does it alter who I am for I am created as you?

HIV is not who I am neither is AIDS

It is merely an inheritance I carry

Who am I

I am a creation, fashioned in just the same ways as you

I look out into the distance as you with a passion for life, I dream as you dream

I am the face of innocence that urns for the touch of just one that might understand

I am the expression of laughter and a countenance of joy

I am a life that breaths as you yet when I cry out into the distance it returns to me in an echo

So as all find their ways to their peace, I search for mine

Then in a moment a hand reaches out and as I turn the warmth of their eyes capture my soul

Here it is …

I can go to find rest from a world that fears what they choose not to understand

peace shields me from the shame the lack of knowledge has brought upon me

my soul finds  tranquility long enough to regain a recollection of who it is that I am and what the world says

I call it H.O.M.E.

A place that for all time has an open door to my sanctuary

A place where love is their heart beat and I can be me

A place where they see their face is a true expression of mine

A place where their dream is my own

I call it H.O.M.E

Beautifully Written By

My Good Friend

Tanya Patxot