I cautioned him well
But to the wind it fell
Gliding through life
On the very fast lane
You kept asking God
Your sins to forgive
For only through this belief
Could you get relief
You feared nothing
Boasting before death itself,
An inevitable end,
Now you fear to meet.
His smile was faint,
And far and brief,
His love for life
Has been cut short,
By the care free life,
He led in the past.
His falling hairs
And emaciating limbs,
Feeble and frail cavern eyes,
Looking into the future.
You heaved loud sighs,
Death is so sure,
And you wished for a cure.
Now in the face of death,
He placed himself,
Right on the cross,
And nailed it still, by himself,
He was ignorantly gross.
A one night stand,
Was all he sought,
An everlasting grieving wand,
In return it brought.
That one night stand,
Did last the rounds.
But the AIDS he got from town,
Has spoilt the crown.
Take my sympathy,
I share of your pain,
As your life draws lame.
Oh fare theewell,
My friend i yell.
Equipped with a condom
Before caution and freedom.
You chose flesh so fresh.
As i spin this yarn,
To humanity i warn,
Be careful and cautious,
To attain true freedom,
Take to safe sex measures,
And use a condom.
For HIV is a beast,
Taking my bossom friend,
In its blood hound hands.
My friend bed ridden,
Would cry all night awake
Death in the offing,
His life to take.
A song of sorrow,
He'll sing and sing.
With the thought of tomorrow,
To his bed he'll sadly cling.
Song after song,
He cried and cried,
And i wept along.
All i could give
Were words of hope alive
As doctors and nurses
Watched in vain
How his life would shortly
be sniffed amain.
He bade me goodbye
Before he would die
And left to me
These lasting words
Try as hard
Not to be like me
Let life be full of aims
And creative goals
For nothing can be so beautiful
Like the wealth of healthy souls
Goodbye my friend
I stammered in tears
For even in death
I loved him still.