The Battle They Won

I am the wife of an unfaithful man… the life of a lovechild
I am a soul snatcher… a lesson teacher
If I chose, I could teach the King a lesson, because I’m a respecter of no person
I am A – I – D – S
Looking for how to clear out Japan, UK, and even the U.S
I’d been around the globe: China, Poland… Sri Lanka

But when I stepped into Africa
I knew I’d found home
Africa: massive like Rome
But its people are caged like lions in a den
Exposed, yet naïve like cavemen
Religious, yet they played around with blades, syringes, and semen
To them… sex was like lemonades
They found it hard to believe that they could ever get AIDS

To me… sex was an aid
How hilarious! An aid for AIDS
In Finland, I finished them in twos
In Trinidad, I cleared them out in threes
But in Africa… they were cheaper by the dozen

They thought they could sin with impunity
The Scholars schooled them, taught them, and almost gave them a creed
But ‘black & proud’, foolish & ignorant, they hissed, ignored and even totally disagreed
Now, decades past, millions gone, and dignity lost
Africa has decided to pay the cost;
Partners are faithful again
Pins, blades, and syringes are now personal pain
And with condoms, drugs, abstinence and carefulness

Looks like I’m done with, more or less
Is this it… am I done with this land?
They haven’t found a cure yet, but with sound minds, togetherness, a drive & passion to find a solution

It’s definitely the end of my pollution

I’m as good as finished. Over and done with
A battle half fought is half won
I’m happy though, that I have victims still;
Those who are foolish and still want to have fun
Without a cure, the battle is a continuous one
But in all honesty… I’m the battle Africa has finally won.

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