When I Was A Child : Family Poetry

 When I was a child

I could hear the grass grow

The whole world stirred slow

When I was a child.

When I was a child

When Dad whistled, we ran

In the Fall, Mother canned 

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We went to church through Lent

A dreary day was seldom spent

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We went for Sunday drives

We shared our neighbor’s lives

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We loved helping the Vet

I knew our needs were met

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We scrubbed floors on our knees

Explored the branches of trees

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We fished Bullhead in our pond

Played “fox and geese” on the lawn

When I was a child.

When I was a child

Mom swore by,  Vapors of Vicks

Our cupboards always needed fixed

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We made snug blanket tents

Wrapping up our register vents

When I was a child.

When I was a child

The clover would stream wild

In amethyst seas stretching miles

When I was a child.

When I was a child

A wagon of corn was treasure

Spring births gave pleasure

When I was a child.

When I was a child

Mom fried doughnuts in an iron pan

Open-air breeze, our only fan

When I was a child.

When I was a child

We moved hogs while the bus would wait

Clutching for armor, an old panel gate

When I was a child.

When I was a child

Feet grew calloused running bare

The bath water we had to share

When I was a child.

When I was a child

The corn dryer would lull me to sleep

As I held stars in the sky my keep

When I was a child.

When I was a child

My dad would arise prior the sun

To get the early milking done

When I was a child.

When I was a child

There wasn't a place on the farm 

Where I didn't feel safe from harm

When I was a child.

When I was a child

I thought it would forever be the same

But, that was a theory in vain

When I was a child.