I had received the request <br />Thing I am used to process <br />But now it was quite different <br />For he was only three years old <br /> <br />HIV testing commonly for adults <br />Who ussually take risky behaviors <br />As sharing needles and multiple sex <br />But no not this innocent angel so fragile <br /> <br />The boy smiles as he looked at me <br />Seemed quiet when I extracted blood <br />I expect nothing serious for this a test <br />A requirement for a foreign adoption <br /> <br />Yet my heart was in a silent pain <br />When the result turns HIV reactive <br />I retested it more than three times <br />But reality unveil the truth at hand <br /> <br />The poster mum was sadden <br />As she hopes the boy will find <br />A home with parents so kind <br />With future safe and secure <br /> <br />The silent pain surges inside <br />This conscience as witness <br />To all the agonies suffered <br />By those victimized by HIV<br /><br />Marvin Brato Sr<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-silent-pain-2/
