The Power of Aids

Gordon Odira
Kenya
ENG 1430

Why! Why! Why! Why!
We look without seeing your devastating effects
We hear without understanding your electric tumbling power
We taste but not feel your sweet and bitter taste
We sniff but can't smell your sophisticated powder
We sit for and fail your simple and easy test
You have confused us
Tearing us apart with your vigor, power and speed

At dawn you are there, so also at dark
Your appetite: as sharp as the tip of a spear
You are a thief stealing every mark
Your moving sound Sh! Sh! Sh!
Full of dark clouds and complete hopelessness
You attack all corners, every part, everywhere
You don't care: carefulness or carelessness

Today, breadwinners are gone
Next, Good Samaritans will obey your command
Later, their offspring will be your remand
Soon, the house is empty. Empty. Inside out
You move on smiling, still hungry
Meeting innocent folks, you attack momentarily
You're done before they realize while angry
Sending them to the world of no return
But till when?