<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547279" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Born and Delivered</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Smiles and flowers awaited my birth, <br>Named even before being born<br>I was the one they wanted <br>The one they waited for.<br>A girl, true to type, <br>Welcomed & celebrated by all.<br>The first born<br>The darling babe<br>Of uncles & aunts <br>Cousin brothers & sisters<br>& most importantly of my dad & ma<br>My name was well considered & discussed<br>It had to be universal & yet a symbol <br>of all that is good & pure<br>So it was Joy<br>A joy to all<br>My name a reminder to me<br>To be a joy to all<br>& yet the world around closing in on me <br>Each passing day<br>Telling my folks that after all <br>A girl is a girl<br>Be it joy or otherwise<br>They didn't waver<br>Or lose their faith or hope<br>When their ‘joy' returned<br>Deserted & lost cursing her fate<br>Of being born but not delivered<br>Of the age old burden <br>of being a woman<br>With her daughters<br>Unwanted & slighted<br>Their arms opened wide <br>To embrace not one but three<br>Joys to their aging bosoms<br>Born and delivered.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joy+Kirt+Sidhu">Joy Kirt Sidhu</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547279" data-title="Born and Delivered de Joy Kirt Sidhu" data-description="Smiles and flowers awaited my birth, Named even before being born I was the one they wanted The one they waited for. A girl, true to type, Welcomed & celebrated by all. The first born The darling babe Of uncles & aunts Cousin brothers & sister..."></div> </div> </div>

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