Vera Sidhwa - This Was It

This was it,
Didn't you know?
I was awe struck,
When I saw it grow.

So colorful, so sweet,
Growing at my feet,
So tall, so strong,
For what I longed.

I was my own love for myself.
This was it.

Vera Sidhwa

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