How happy as a child was I? <br />Very much indeed I tell you why. <br />It was like waking up one day in paradise <br />Where everything was wonderful and nice. <br /> <br />I will not forget my childhood days <br />How I would observe this nature’s ways. <br />The magic that was the environment <br />Became my greatest entertainment. <br /> <br />I will not forget when I was small <br />How I would look at trees so big and tall. <br />Climbing and picking fruits, walking beneath them <br />Filled me with awe as if I was in heaven. <br /> <br />I will not forget my youthful years <br />How I would watch the plants and flowers. <br />Touching the leaves, counting the buds <br />Felt like playing the toys of the gods. <br /> <br />I will not forget the days I was a lad <br />How cute animals could make me glad. <br />Puppies, chicks and kittens, aren’t they delightful? <br />And fish and birds and insects, aren’t they colorful? <br /> <br />And so I will not forget my life as a boy <br />How I could feel the simplest thrill, the purest joy. <br />I really was so happy, really was so happy <br />‘Cause what I saw, 'cause what I saw was beauty.<br /><br />Leonard Sims<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-happy-as-a-child-was-i/
