I had received the request
Thing I am used to process
But now it was quite different
For he was only three years old
HIV testing commonly for adults
Who usually take risky behaviors
As sharing needles and multiple sex
But no not this innocent angel so fragile
The boy smiles as he looked at me
Seemed quiet when I extracted blood
I expect nothing serious for this a test
A requirement for a foreign adoption
Yet my heart was in a silent pain
When the result turns HIV reactive
I retested it more than three times
But reality unveil the truth at hand
The poster mum was sadden
As she hopes the boy will find
A home with parents so kind
With future safe and secure
The silent pain surges inside
This conscience as witness
To all the agonies suffered
By those infected with HIV
nice sad narrative poem, very well written..touching...10+++
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Deeply touched by this piece. It should have been an opportunity for the boy to have a life of a real home and a decent life. This is indeed a silent pain for you who knows the result of the test as a medical technologist. Thanks friendship for this sharing