The Wake-Up Call/ The Truth



In from the silence comes the answers of peace
From the soft textured lips are emotions from deep
A soul cries out waiting to be heard,
A public too busy to hear one word.

Walking around not making a sound
Baby blue eyes staring down at the ground
Will life be the same, don’t she know?
Tryin to stop the game is messin with the flow.

She wanted someone, she could keep
What she got, what she found
Was under way too deep…

It was something she wasn’t scared of
Because it was something she wasn’t aware of.
Sure, she’s heard it name a time or two
Paid no mind, it won’t happen to me or you.

Little did she know,
It comes in all shapes and all sizes.
So, she went to the doctors to get a test.
Tested for all things,
Now she knew it was best.

The results came back to her surprise
She looked there in front of her eyes
Only to see, she was positive

For HIV...

People ask me…

“Dutch, why do you put your business out there?
Why do you tell people about your HIV?

See I would rather Educate instead of Hibernate,

For Everytime I speak,
that’s one more protected on the street.
See the words that we speak Educate our Youth,

Let them Know The Truth.
Truth is…

You can’t catch it unless your careless,
but today everyone wants to be carefree.
But carefree comes with a wrapper,
So, why shouldn’t we?
Make sure you wrap it, before you tap it

To prevent HIV

About this poem

I wrote this Poem back in 2005 when my whole life changed. Almost 20 years later... It's still as important TODAY!!

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Written on 2005

Submitted by SovirtuouslyPhisticated on July 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABB CCDD ACA EEFF DXGXG HHX I XE X XXJ JX XIXIX E
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,387
Words 299
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5, 1

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