Please help me

Please help me

When I was child

I played with other children and I was happy

My parents fought for life and made me grow up

Even if they didn`t have conditions for that

When I grew up and felt mature

I didn`t take care my self

I used to experiment all things in front of me

Then, I was introduced to experiment sexual life

I had many and different sexual partners

I changed them when I needed

Many times, I took then to bed

I was happy and felt out at that moment

One day, I sat down and thought seriously

I thought!

What`s the future that I am preparing for my self?

How many years I will be doing these things?

What am preparing for my family?

I decided to do HIV test, unfortunately it was positive

At that time I felt as if I were dead

I imagined that I coudn`t have a life with HIV in my body

I imagined my body in coffin

Later on thought twice about that

I decided to take care of my life

I thought!

 I am not the only person in this situation after all

So I accepted to live positively with HIV

Please, don`t discrimine me

Please, help me to live positively

Please, help other people living with HIV

Please give me your hand

Please, do a test

By: António Pedro “ Petrescu”

15^th August 2008