Vera Sidhwa Poems

I walked down the sidewalk,
And tipped to the right.
The songs in my head blared,
And made it so tight.
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My children laughed and twirled around.
Placing their hands on their mouth without a sound.
They played like this so merrily.
Their hearts beating so happily.
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Your work is spectacular,
Mesmerizing vernacular.
How did you learn this?
Not one mistake did you miss.
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Oh magical glass of water,
You bedazzle me.
Looking right through you,
Makes me happy be.
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The breeze ruffling against,
The birds flying by.
The gurgling of the stream water,
Nature doesn't lie.
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I submit to the glorious sun,
On an unusually fine day.
I submit to fun,
And I with it run.
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Cascading water came to teach me,
What I by myself couldn't see.
For I refused to educate myself.
My old ideas just remained on the shelf.
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My secret was that I was born.
No one knew of my birth.
No one knew my worth.
I was born in a Third World nation.
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I knew the sun's rays,
Co-mingled with the racing wind,
And lit-up everything,
Around it.
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The way my story went,
Was a happy one,
But then one day,
It happened.
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