My Sidewalk Poem by Vera Sidhwa

I traipsed along a sidewalk,
Amongst red, yellow and green.
It controlled my stopping,
My standing, my walking.
It controlled everything I had seen.

For the car's dictum was
Mine too.
It was in red, yellow and green,
But not blue.

I hopped along that sidewalk,
T'was love instantly,
For it let me stay,
Being a child everlastingly.


I almost tripped along,
This sidewalk!
Then I switched directions.
I lived this sidewalk in all dimensions.

This sidewalk became mine,
As I walked on it's line,
And we became friends forever.