Poster child

I haven't written poetry in a minute, but today I went back to where I first started. Here's a piece that I penned when I experienced a sudden shift back in 2006, entitled "Poster child". Enjoy!

Poster child
by Ken

I am no longer the poster child

Sitting here with my antiquated blue suit and outlandish pin-striped tie

I am the face of the older generation

When the epidemic was so great and the plight of our community was inevitable

Boy have we come a long way

I am no longer the poster child

We have come to embrace and accept the smile

It is now perfectly okay to laugh through the tear

Campaigns have been enacted all across the world

Boy this launch is progressive

I am no longer the poster child

As my dimple peaks through a successful treatment

Society now tries to understand our quandaries

In a world where the younger are encouraged

Boy we have to hold fast to the movement

I am no longer the poster child

My heart ached for someone to recognize the sentiments of the struggle

The displacement and disproportionate impact is unsettled

Looking through these lenses, perhaps it’s promising

Boy don’t let this moment escape us