The Day That I Was Christened Poem by Gert Strydom

The day that they christened me
around me gathered my whole family
while up to the altar my father and mother did trod
and the pastor spoke of the love of God,

where he was renouncing sin
and so my struggle on this good old earth did begin
while through a window sun fell on my face
and I knew that I was living

while outside birds was singing,
the sky was cloudless and blue
and in my mother's arms I was gently swinging
while her love was dear and true.