When I Was A Child[2] Poem by Gert Strydom

When I was a child
every day was filled with laughter
and even the dogs
and cats talked to me.

The trees were huge
and threw big shadows
while the bright yellow sun
went to rest
and corn fields and orchards
with peaches, apricots and pears
stretched as far
as I could see

The cool breeze whispered
as it blew through the popular trees
and something rippled
in the big dam
that lay like a lake
in front of me
after the good summer rain.

The swollen river was angry
and I could hear its cussing stream
from far away
while it rushed over rocks
at places where it did not flow before.

Once the world was a bigger place
and I loved the world
and it loved me.