Wanted to end it
The guilt
The pain
The worry
"No more!", she says.
Hated seeing that smile
His giggles
His happiness
His ...lack of worry.
So she did it.
Got a gun
Got bullets
Got an alibi
Got ... him.
Glad now of her accomplishment
She now can live with her virus.
Wanted now for murder
Hated now for hate
Blamed now for jealousy.
When he could cope with having HIV
When he could dance while taking medicine
When he could laugh without thinking about "it"
When he could kiss the woman who infected him
She could not take it.
She gave him the kiss of death
But it was not sexually transmitted.
Devin T. Robinson X is a South Florida'based activist who focuses on educating young people and African-Americans about HIV and AIDS through performance art and his acclaimed one-man performances, which have been staged throughout the United States and overseas. He also is the founder of the group AIDS Awareness Poets. His work has been profiled in national magazines as well as on MTV, NBC, UPN, and BET television networks and on National Public Radio. Robinson is working on a film version of his one-man show God, Me...HIV? which he plans to screen on World AIDS Day.
