Pat Dickey Poet Quatrain

" Oh Happy Childhood "

Oh happy childhood
             Just full of glee
               Was a child more happy
                        Than a child like me ?

                     Some days were bright
                 Some days were sad
           But they didn't last long
As childhood isn't very bad

                            If I had been good
                      I was happy as a lark
             If I had been bad
I was afraid after dark

Now as I have grown older
                  I know what it means
                          When after darkness
                                  Come bad dreams

                             For when we are good
                 The world is bright
           But when we are bad
Its darker than night

So friends just remember
                When life seems weary
                           There may be some things we can do
                                                   To make life more merry

                                               So if we walk in the light
                                     The world is all bright
                 But if we walk in the evil way
My friend , it will never pay.


Written by my Grandmother, Mamie Rachel Sterling/Sinner/ Earl

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Nigel Fawcett January 4, 2009 at 12:24 PM This is a wonderful poem. What a talented family. Off to read the next one now... Love, Nigel Pat Dickey May 5, 2018 at 7:09 AM Thank you Nigel. And youre right, the Sterling/Sinners are very talented.