Poem - Holy Ghost

HIV & Faith Matters
Written By Nadine Cameron

Holy Ghost

 

A gossamer ghost has been pulsing in my blood all the 5,203 days since you died.

A tiny fragment of mutating virus
mixed with your DNA impregnated
me - the only bit of you that survives now.

So when they say my viral load is 29, I smile
- you’re not gone yet. I’ve held you
within these 14 years, pumped you through my heart,

I miss you
I miss you
I miss you..........

© Cate Jacobs

Nadine Cameron https://licorne.agency
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