Love This Flower!

Roses are red Violets are blue But not like the flowers I give you. Everyday I come see you You never comment about the flowers I give you. You acknowledge them Without voice At least you care about the flowers I give you. But my words Must not be true You do not like the flowers I give you. Can't get a reply? Enjoy ignoring me? Just tell me if you like them The new flowers I give you. Too bad They look like you Really, they do Pretty flowers I give you. It is my fault Was caught up This is my "sorry" The flowers I give you. Got you hooked Heroin killed you HIV infected you I regret it all. Do you love these flowers? Your grave is tired of them! On my knees I give you My promise No needle will befriend me Ever again, Flower. It already took My best friend. 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.