I found myself in a three foot path in a farm, I was filled with blood, covered with blood.
Immediately, I saw Gbenro passing by, I called him, he didn’t answer me, he was really walking
fast, I decided to follow him, I started shouting “Gbenro wait for me, please wait for me”, he
didn’t answer he was going forward, moving very fast, I was unable to catch up with him cos he was so fast, I kept on following him but I couldn’t walk faster as I was in pains, I kept on calling his
name “Gbenro wait for me”, then Gbenro passed through a transparent gate, immediately he
entered the gate, the gate was locked. He was still walking then he stopped, I got to the gate but
it was already locked, I was banging the door shouting “Please open the gate for me”, I was
crying ” Gbenro Open the gate for me”, Gbenro was still standing, I kept banging the gate “open
the gate for me”. Then I heard the name “Akanni” from behind, “Akanni is the name given to me by grandmother because I’m the only son of my father while my father was her only child. She’s the only one that calls me that name when she was alive, like I said earlier, my Dad is Yoruba while
my mum is from the south. I looked back, it was my grandmother, I was happy to see her, I tried
to hug her but she stopped me from coming close to her.
We began to speak in Yoruba language, she asked me what I was doing here, I said I wanted to
follow my friend but the gate was locked, she said it wasn’t my time that was why the gate was
locked, she told me I don’t belong there, she told me to go back home and change my wrong to
right, she told me to go back home and take care of Bidemi (my unborn child), she said I still
have a lot to do in life, she said its not yet my time, she told me the bond between me and
Gbenro was too much. She said “go back home Akanni”, I told her I’m not going until I pass
through the gate, I went back and start banging the gate, shouting “Open the gate for me”, my
grandmother began to use cane to beat me, she was beating me really hard, telling me to go
back, its not yet my time. I quickly ran away, while I was going back, I was really crying cos I
wasn’t allowed to pass through the gate, I looked back and saw Gbenro waving goodbye at me, I
waved back to him, crying.
I came back alive, Opened my eyes found myself in the hospital, my mother was beside me.
Sigh! I was in coma for 10 weeks, I was dead for 10 weeks. Two weeks later, I was able to talk, I was able sit, I was told Doyin had given birth to a boy and they’ve done the naming, my son was named “Abidemi”. Few weeks later, they brought my son to me, I saw my son, I wept profusely, tears of joy, I was happy and I was sad. I carried my son in my arms and I smiled, tears of joy. My whole family was there with me that day, I was so happy.
Few days later, I was still in the hospital, my mum beside me, I asked her if my son wasn’t HIV positive? She said he’s not positive, likewise Doyin too. She told me, nobody in my family knows I’m HIV positive, she said its a secret between me and her, she told me its a secret. My mother stood beside me, she advised me. I was in the hospital for Good 7 months, I had scars all over my body, stitched tears all over body, I couldn’t walk for more than 9 months. I continued my HIV treatment secretly, it was a secret between me and my mother.
Being gay is not a choice, being gay is like a terminal disease. I’m not against homosegzuality
neither do I support it, we all have our lives to live, it is in our hand to live responsibly, it is
written in the bible that let all things be done with decency. How I wish I was never too extreme,
how I wish I was too cautious, how I wish Gbenro’s parent never abandoned him because of his gay lifestyle, how I wish his muslim father showed him love when was still alive, how I wish they
helped him when he was alive. They say we are born this way, some say all gays will go to hell, I
know some will say this happened to me because I’m gay. This can happen to anybody, whether
you’re gay or not, we need to protect our lives and live responsibly once again Deep Sigh!
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