A friend of mine once said that HIV simply stands for HOTNESS IS VISIBLE😍, and I'm sure y'all agree that all that's visible here is my stunning beauty, angelic face, quiet soul and beautiful heart 
and not HIV.
and not HIV. Believe me when I say that most people who are knowingly living with HIV don't show at all. This is because we have accepted our status and are taking the necessary precautions to ensuring good, healthy and long lives.
Now, there are people who still feel that it's okay to talk nasty about HIV because they don't see anyone looking all HIVanyana around. And they burp out their stinking opinions about HIV and stigmatise and gossip around a person who's living with HIV. And the thing is this neh, not everyone who's living with HIV is free or bold enough to disclose. They want to but y'all "negative" people don't make it easy shem because of the fowl things that come out of your hearts through your mouths.
I've heard people saying some pretty nasty stuff about HIV in my presence because they didn't know my status and in their minds I couldn't be, how could I be ndimhle so
. And yaz because I can't keep quiet kwamna. I'd disclose and gently warn them about their behaviour. 
their reaction is always classic because you can see right through them. Banalo "uyaxoka man wena" bazihlekahlekise (they be like "you lie" all giggly) followed by some "it doesn't show"... Duh! I know it doesn't show and that's why y'all gotta learn to shut your mouths if you have nothing positive to say.
. And yaz because I can't keep quiet kwamna. I'd disclose and gently warn them about their behaviour. their reaction is always classic because you can see right through them. Banalo "uyaxoka man wena" bazihlekahlekise (they be like "you lie" all giggly) followed by some "it doesn't show"... Duh! I know it doesn't show and that's why y'all gotta learn to shut your mouths if you have nothing positive to say.Please catch this and try and grasp it kakuhle. We don't want pity neh, nope we don't. But watch your words. This is not even for us but for yourself. Many people who speak ill of HIV and those living with it find it hard to seek help when HIV barges in their lives cos shem it doesn't knock iyangena qha. And they're the ones who get sick and die chop chop and people have to lie and say they had cancer or diabetes or TB because kaloku they were so anti HIV.
Disclosure is one of the things that could stop the spread of HIV and yet people make it so difficult for people living with HIV to disclose because of the way they portray it and their perception of it. So please, be kind and be gentle with your words. You never know when the piercing words you once spoke may turn towards you and pierce your own heart.
