REMINISCENCE OF A CHILDHOOD

The world appeared so friendly,
The rain dropped so comely,
And sun smiles so lovely,
When I was a child.

The moon runs after me at night,
The star twinkles from a distance,
Shadows around stared at close range,
When I was a child.

I speak to the moon like a companion,
I hug my shadow and talk to it as if it hears,
I cried to get chocolate as if my destiny was tied to it,
When I was a child.

Darkness harbours terrifying demons,
Snoring sounds like a legion of ghost by the door,
An albino walking on the street was a white wizard,
When I was a child.

Tales by moon light was pictured as real,
Tortoise was believed to have the nomenclature of man,
Fireworks was dreaded like atomic bomb in the neighbourhood,
When I was a child,

Masquerade festival marks the arrival of ancestors,
Charismas day celebration should never end,
Fridays were the happiest days after the school bell goes ringing,
When I was a child.

Teachers were demy gods,
Airplane was a fish in the sky,
Lightening was a touch light from heaven,
When I was a child.

Chastisement as a result of bad habit was an act of wickedness,
Correction was a mark of hatred.
Fathers and uncles were seen as elephant-terror,
When I was a child.

Imaginations were magnified as real,
Falsehood by elders were taken as facts,
Ambitions were just lyrics of a nursery rhymes,
When I was a child.

Looking so innocent and comely,
With a simple heart and a smiling face,
Never would I have imagine the complexity of adulthood,
When I was a child.

Neighbourhood comeliness fades away,
As time and time passes away with years,
Never could I have imagine the world tiering apart,
When I was a child.

Things fall apart too fast,
As playgroups fade out on every stages,
I would not have agreed to loose a dear friend,
When I was a child.

The beautiful flowers that sang to my imagination,
The comely breeze that whispers to my ears,
The glowing sight of the rainbow to my little mind,
When I was a child.

Beautiful childhood far too long,
Ages in time, never to come,
Smiling at the past, while wandering back in thought of
When I was a child.