He was a teacher <br />He was a womanizer <br />He was a lover <br />To a girl named Dover <br />He was a flamboyant <br />Life for him was always extravagant <br />He was befriended by many <br />Virtually had no enemy <br /> <br />He was outgoing and adventurous <br />Making life to the fullest <br />But there’s lies a hidden path <br />Something that only few would have realized <br /> <br />He got a new lover in town <br />Heroin, which also called ‘Angel Dust’ <br />Why did he resorted to drug <br />Forgetting all his triumphant past <br />Leading life to the death gallows <br />Only he knew <br /> <br />Year after year <br />Till he was captured by surprise <br />Rehabilitated twice <br />Discharged from school <br />Became a fool <br />No more cool <br /> <br />He went astray <br />Ten years after <br />Ended up in a sick bay <br />Nursing his full-blown AIDS anyway <br />Paying the price for sharing needles <br />Now the pain is endless <br /> <br />When I met him at the hospital <br />He was no longer ‘him’ <br />The disease is fatal <br />Chances of recovery was slim <br />Starting with the wasting syndrome <br />One by one of his organs failed <br />Eternal diarrhea made him so frail <br />And fragile <br />Three week after admission <br />He died <br />An obvious premonition <br />Good Bye, pal.<br /><br />Sulaiman Mohd Yusof<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-bye-pal-dedicated-to-all-aids-patients/
