I Will Walk With You
This
poem is dedicated to the many people
who are suffering and dying from a disease
that so many people fear.
That disease is called Aides.
It is my hope, that by trying to somehow imagine
what it must be like for those
not only suffering the ravages of this disease,
but for those who know and love these people,
that we may somehow realize
that knowledge will replace fear...
And love and compassion
will replace the stigma
that these people also wear.
It is only when we come to realize
that
"HE"
has a plan for each and everyone of
"HIS"
children
that we will look upon each other
as Sisters and Brothers in this world.
And love without condemnation .
IT SEEMED THAT I HAD BEEN HOME
FOR SUCH A VERY LONG TIME
WHEN I KNEW THAT
"HE"
WOULD BE COMING TO SEE ME...
MY HEART FILLED WITH JOY
AND SORROW
AT THE SAME TIME...
IT WAS TRUE
THAT I HAD ONCE AGAIN FELT THE LONGING
FOR JUST ONE MORE DANCE
IN THE MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY OF THE EARTH
THAT
"HE"
HAD CREATED...
THE PLACE OF BEAUTY
WHERE I KNEW
I HAD YET TO RETURN
YET ANOTHER TIME...
THE PLAN WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH.
ALL I HAD TO DO
WAS MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
THAT WOULD BRING OTHERS
INTO THE LIGHT OF PURE LOVE...
MANY TIMES I HAD TRIED
YET IT ALWAYS SEEMED
THAT I WAS TOO CAUGHT UP
IN THE MATERIAL WORLD...
THE WORLD WHERE
I HAD BECOME
THE TAKER OF LOVE...
INSTEAD OF
THE GIVER....
I KNEW THIS TIME
WOULD
SOMEHOW BE DIFFERENT...
WHEN
"HE" CAME
THE PLAN WAS CREATED
BY BOTH MYSELF AND "HIM"...
AS "HE" FORCES US
TO DO NOTHING
YET ENCOURAGES US
TO UNDERTAKE ONLY
WHAT HE KNOWS WE MAY CARRY...
SOMETIMES WE FORGET THIS
WHEN WE ARRIVE HERE
TO BEGIN OUR DANCE...
BUT REST ASSURED
WE ARE EXACTLY
WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
ON THIS VERY DAY....
"HE " SPOKE SOFTLY
YET
HIS VOICE ECHOED IN MY SOUL LIKE THUNDER
YES
THIS DANCE WOULD BE DIFFERENT
PROBABLY
MY HARDEST DANCE YET...
BUT
IT WAS MY DANCE
MY CHOICE...
YOUR LIFE WILL BE SHORT
YET
IT WILL TOUCH MORE LIVES
IN YOUR SHORT TIME ON EARTH
THEN
IF YOU LIVED TO BE 100...
MANY PEOPLE WILL MOCK YOU
TORTURE YOU
RAPE YOU OF YOUR DIGNITY
THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU
AND TURN YOU AWAY...
YOU WILL SUFFER NOT ONLY
THE PHYSICAL PAIN OF A BODY
THAT IS RACKED WITH A DISEASE
THAT MOST WILL FEAR,
BUT
YOU WILL SUFFER
THE MENTAL PAIN OF
LONELINESS AND HELPLESSNESS.
THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU...
WHAT YOU CHOOSE
TO DO WITH THIS GIFT
WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
IN MANY LIVES...
DO YOU ACCEPT THIS GIFT?
I SMILED
AND MY SPIRIT KNEW
THIS WOULD BE
THE MOST LOVING, PRECIOUS GIFT
I WOULD EVER RECEIVE...
FOR I WOULD SOON LEARN
TO BE
THE GIVER OF LOVE...
INSTEAD OF THE TAKER...
IT WAS
ALL
"HE" HAD PROMISED ME
AND MORE...
I ENTERED THE WORLD
DIFFERENT
FROM MOST...
I WAS CRITICIZED
FOR MY SEXUALITY...
I WAS AN OUTCAST
BECAUSE OF
THE DISEASE CALLED
AIDES
THAT CAME TO DWELL
IN MY BODY...
YET
I WAS NEVER FILLED
WITH MORE JOY
THEN TO SEE THROUGH MY PAIN FILLED
AND WEARY EYES
THAT
WHEN I REACHED OUT MY HAND
IN LOVE TO OTHERS
AND
GAVE
INSTEAD OF TOOK....
WITH EVERY OUNCE
OF MY BEING....
THAT IT WAS
MY DANCE...
MY MOST WONDERFUL DANCE
ON THIS EARTH...
THAT WOULD BRING ALL
WHO CAME TO TOUCH MY LIFE
INTO
THE LIGHT OF LOVE...
BECAUSE
WHAT I HAD REALIZED
AND
LONG SINCE FORGOT
WHERE
"HIS"
PARTING WORDS
TO ME......
AND
"I"
WILL WALK WITH YOU....
AND
"I"
WILL WALK WITH YOU....
BY: PAM GALLO
COPYRIGHT ~DREAMER~
2000
