I wish to say
my best words now
Only I can’t think
anything to make you safe
so many of you
none unhappy
so small, yet the smiles are broadest
So same
You and I
But
what flows in me
ticks like a bomb in you
.
I cannot tell what
you are not old enough to understand
Children of the blood
you will be called
we are the same
but just a sign different
I’m -ve
You are +ve
.
Dedicated to the HIV+ children of Shanthi Ashram.