Today’s world aids day,
Aids, plural of aid,
Aiding to death’s bay,
Helping life fade,
It is not AIDS we celebrate,
It is the survivor’s mettle,
It is the path we deliberate,
It is not yet time to settle,
Today we draw our determination,
From the lives you maim,
We come against your insubordination,
In the victory we claim,
Today more than ever before,
You will not set the pace of the race,
As we indefatigably restore,
The dignity of the human face,
Oh Aids, your wife is penury,
You both thrive in perfect symbiosis,
With a vow, we shall not be guilty of perjury,
We come against your parabiosis,
We are all infected or affected,
Whatever it takes for winning, one victory at a time,
As we get our minds disinfected,
If we need to swim to safety we will become maritime,
I got a message for you orphaned child,
I got a message for you faithful widowed wife,
In your enduring patient hope do not grow wild,
Wild makes Aids rife,
Grandmothers become mothers to grandchildren,
Stepping in to fill the gap,
Praying children can stay to have great grandchildren,
As economic effects ripple all across the map,
The human resource and middle class choking,
Shocked by Aids’ deadly sting,
This is not time for joking,
Friends put on your wing,
Together we have to fly,
And make the frontline water tight,
This is not the time to lie,
We can’t win if we never fight,
Couples be faithful,
Spinsters and bachelors abstain,
Aids’ cousin is unfaithful,
Use a condom if you can’t handle restrain,
The enemy strikes veiled in passion,
Making you blind,
Effecting its mission,
Before you find,
It wouldn’t be easy,
If we don’t want to be queasy,
I know victory is on our side,
Together we can turn the tide,
So take a moment and look inside,
Find that something you can give with pride,
Never think what you give too small,
Little drops make the tide of might,
To sweep AIDS to a mighty fall,
So we shall not only make AIDS slight,
Together we can dwarf the AIDS patient estimate,
Together we can decimate,
In God we trust,
To give us a thrust,
We can prevent the next orphan,
We can prevent the next widow,
We can save the next worker,
The next life is waiting.
© 2010 afeseh ngwa hilary
