This was it, <br />Didn't you know? <br />I was awe struck, <br />When I saw it grow. <br /> <br />So colorful, so sweet, <br />Growing at my feet, <br />So tall, so strong, <br />For what I longed. <br /> <br />I was my own love for myself. <br />This was it.<br /><br />Vera Sidhwa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-was-it/