Celebrating Life
11/30/2017
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| Rainbow Pastor David - HIV Positive since May 2009 |
Hard to believe another year is coming to close as we Celebrate LIFE and Honor in Remembrance all those we have lost to HIV/AIDS complications. Yes, even I have lost people who were dear too me. I remember my Great Uncle Charles Ray Hicks who was the first person I ever knew that passed from complications from HIV/AIDS. I remember my ex John who lost his life to complications to HIV/AIDS in 2010. I remember all the friends, too many to name that have lost their lives to complications from HIV/AIDS. I also Celebrate LIFE with all those who have been SURVIVING LIVING with HIV/AIDS.
This time of year can be so depressing when you take time to REMEMBER all those you have lost through the years from HIV/AIDS. It can also be so EXCITING to CELEBRATE with ALL those who are STILL LIVING with HIV/AIDS fighting to continue LIVING.
Once again this year I want to share with you some poems I have written about Living with HIV. With so much negative press still being aired against those of us Living with HIV, I want to share some POSITIVE HOPE with each of you. As you read my poems I want you to Remember those who LIVED and LOST their battle living with HIV/AIDS as well as CELEBRATE with those of us who are still LIVING our LIFE JOURNEY with HIV.
The Virus in your blood
Tears flow down a face once smiling
As the word comes forth
You are Positive.
Life as you know it has changed forever
Why?
A virus now inhabits your blood.
Does life now end in a sour note?
Or begin with a new hope
A new vision now, for life will never be the
same
You prayed you would not hear the words
But alas now you must move on
A virus now inhabits your blood.
Life is now clearly about survival
Learning how to live anew
Hard as it may seem at the time
Life has not ended – Just the old journey
A new journey of peace and understanding
A virus now inhabits your blood.
Now past the fear with a new understanding
Life is more joyful, everyday a new blessing
Helping others to understand
You have not come to your life’s end.
Just in time a new journey has begun
A virus now inhabits your blood.
You see life now as a new beginning
To live to the fullest enjoying each day
Now you take the time to smell the roses
Colors are more vivid and dreams more real
Now you live positive – HIV+
A virus now inhabits your blood.
Loving now more than ever
Living now with a new understanding
Life is what you make of it daily
Now let the world know
You may have HIV but HIV does not have you
It’s only a virus that inhabits your blood.
Living your life Positive – HIV+
Circle of life is now beginning
As new friends come – Love grows
Peace to live – Fighting from within
Praying that one day soon there will be a cure
To kill this virus
that inhabits your blood.
Written by Rainbow Pastor David A. Moorman May 14, 2010
Fear – no more
One day living with no worries
or care
Now living each day with a new fear
Fear of sharing
Fear of caring
Fear of loving.
Why must we suffer from the disease within?
Not knowing how our lives will ultimately end
Fear of sharing
Fear of caring
Fear of loving.
Hope in a pill to suppress the disease
Getting closer to the day of cure: they say to appease
Fear of sharing
Fear of caring
Fear of loving.
I look to my Savior for answers to this fear
I raise my head and feel the tears
Fear of sharing
Fear of caring
Fear of loving.
Let me love unconditional and fearless
Knowing that God is ever near us
No more fear of sharing
No more fear of caring
No more fear of loving.
Hope eternal in God’s grace
He alone will dry the tears from my face
No more fear of sharing
No more fear of caring
No more fear of loving.
Love eternal from God above
Now descends on my soul on the wings of a dove.
No more I fear - sharing
No more I fear – caring
No more I fear – loving.
God’s peace now reigns in my soul
This disease will no longer take a toll
I no longer fear – sharing
I no longer fear – caring
I no longer fear – loving.
Written by Rainbow Pastor David A. Moorman May 20, 2011
HIV Positive
A cold chill sweeps through your soul.
You have just been told -
Three words that will last forever -
You are HIV Positive.
Frozen in time it seems -
Is this reality or just a dream?
How – Why – When – Who
Surely this cannot be true.
Slowly realizing you waken to the fact –
This moment you will never get back.
The reality of those words so true –
You never thought this would happen to
you.
The stabbing pain in your heart
Now overtakes the cold –
Your future seems to have disappeared
Your mind cannot believe what you hear.
What will I do now?
Will I make it somehow?
Fear grips the words falling down
You are HIV Positive.
Fantasy now becomes Reality -
Was it really worth the sacrifice?
Not protecting yourself
Now cost you your life.
Now you must face a new journey.
One of healing and mercy -
Forgiving yourself for this new pain -
Your life will never be the same.
For now you sit and wonder why –
Go ahead it is okay to cry.
Once the fear has past this point -
You will see clearly my friend.
New life – New Journey now you must take
–
Learning to live with that one mistake –
The road ahead will not be easy.
You are HIV Positive.
Better care must now be taken –
Protecting others – new steps to be
taken
Stop now – take time to see
Life must not be taken for granted.
Prayers for peace and understanding
As you ask yourself why –
Knowing that you knew better
Oh but how you enjoyed the pleasure.
New pleasures now you must seek
Care for your body – mind – spirit too
Strength to move on will come from above
–
You will find a new way to love.
New insights to better living
Enjoy each moment – cherish too
All the ones who comfort you –
You are now HIV Positive.
Your life has not come to an end –
Step onward into a new journey my friend
Make peace with the fact that things
have changed
No your life will never be the same.
You must however push ahead
Help others as you help yourself
Understanding life can actually be
better now
You really will get through it somehow.
With loving care and better living –
Life takes on a whole new meaning
Living for each new day
Knowing now you have found the way.
Life has not come to an end –
Enjoying life – making new friends
All things new – a journey to take
So what – you are HIV Positive.
Written by Rainbow Pastor David A. Moorman
12-01-2015
Celebrating LIVING with HIV,
Rainbow Pastor David
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