Lynn Song - a poem by Lynn Wetreich

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Lynn Song 


I AM A GARDEN

A GARDEN IS ME

I AM ALL FLOWERS

AND I AM ALL TREES

EVERYTHING OPENS WHEN I OPEN ME

EVERYTHING OPENS WHEN I OPEN ME


                                    by Lynn Wetreich, 2020

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