As A Child (Refrain Stanza) Poem by Gert Strydom

As a child I looked at God's heaven on the other side of the blue
while in fear and wonder adults did over a comet argue
as if disaster could leave the earth to be just a speck of dust,
in wonder I looked at the stars in the heaven did in God trust,
the Russians and Americans did a way to the moon pursue,
fuel-stations gave stickers away of rockets going to space
everyone did Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon trace,
teachers talked about the stars and planets and I did not have a clue
while in fear and wonder adults did over a comet argue.