The Dot - Moiso Mlingi

I have a tiny dot
with a big name in me
the HIV dot
It scares my neighbour
It stresses the young and old
I neither love nor hate it.

I refuse to magnify
this ka-dot
I will live positively
from head to toe
and back to front
I vow to use all resources
to suffocate this dot.

I shall eat well
I shall swim and dance
and you my admirer
if the dot startles you not
my love and life I shall give to you

You who beckon
death on my behalf
I got lots of sunsets to watch
I shall live until my eyes
wont see the sun rays
but my soul will fell the warmth.

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Moiso Mlingi (20th century) Kenya