When I Was A Child Poem by DM W

O When I was a child, I absorbed the beauty
Of the silver lake; glistening in the sunlight.
I once marvelled at the leaves; fluttering gently
On the autumn breeze. As a child, my thoughts at night;
Were filled with all the bright colours of the rainbow.
O when I was a child everything seemed to teem
with life! All was one, and Time seemed to go so slow.
I wondered whether this life on earth was a dream.
I wasn't aware of grief, darkness and despair.
I was filled with innocence; without mortal cares.