WHEN I WAS A CHILD

When I was  a Child

by: Alma A. Erana

                     When I was a child, I always play with my childhood friends

                                            In the morning, afternoon, even in the evening

                                  Playing, running, singing how happy we are, that cannot be forgotten

That was really my habit when I was a child

And that is the reality as a child can be

       When I was a child I used to catch a grasshopper

        Never thinking how alert that kind of living thing

Using all the might to grasp that over

Even though after all, it’s no good at all

But I was very happy at those moments

                       When I was a child I always climb any kind of fruit trees

Excited with courage and ecstasy

          In order to reach and pick its fruits with excitement

    To taste the goodness and sweetness of its fruits

                               Never minding the obstacles might happen, and I passed it over

       When I was a child, I was also mountain climber

Together with my childhood friends

We used to climb mountains everywhere

                                      To get woods used for cooking, to ease the hindrance in every living

How happy are we, on this earth living

                   How I’d wish that those moments will come back again

So that I still enjoy the enjoyment of a child

                  But we know that the time will never come back again

All I can do, is to reminisce

          What a happy moment when I was a child