He confessed it to me,
about all the evils,
and how it's too late to run.
I recoiled in tears of terror,
and I remember it well,
hugging the floor as the world around me spun.
I can't eat,
nor can I sleep.
I can't talk about it.
When he brought up HIV,
my world seemed to come undone.
Author notes
Written December 30th, 2005
