As a Child

Grade one, oh, how I had so much fun! Grade two; I painted pictures with colours red white and blue Grade three, the year I fixed a rope swing to a great oak tree Grade four, 6 stitches for banging my head of that bloody door! Grade five, touching the electrics! I’m lucky to be alive. Grade six, lots of mischief and all sorts of naughty tricks Grade seven; I was a darling boy that was on track to go to heaven! Grade eight, please Dad I will be good, I hope it’s not too late? Grade nine, the summer my dad gave me my 1st glass of wine! Grade ten, the year I washed my shirts to find a leaking black pen How I remember my life in a stage or grade, Not a year passes by where these memories fade.