When I was but a wee small child
I'd wonder away for the day~
And in the grasses long and clean
I'd dream my time away~
At home being so much trauma
I'd lay there within the grasses high~
And watch the mountain birds away up there
Within the mountains sky~
The clouds they'd all have shapes and forms
To paint picture up there many~
And all alone that day away from home
Worries I had not any~
When a child sees grown ups they respect
Acting in such a way~
Hurting each other ever so
Setting no examples for children on the day~
And when a child has way more common sense
Than those that they love so dear~
It confuses their minds and breaks their hearts
And adds to their already growing fear~
Children back then told to complain
By those who do same all the time~
Constantly adding to their pain
As if a sport they played so fine~
I'd go away for one whole day
Not tell a single soul~
And lay within mountain grasses high
When I was not that very old~
So much today is the same way
I see adults behaving just the same~
And acting worse than children in their way
Come sunshine and come rain~
Continual arguments all the time at home
Takes toll on a heart and mind so Young~
And they lose their pride and self esteem
More so all the time since they begun~
And parents wonder why it is
Such children simply do not care~
As all they needed as little children then
To grow .. simply was not there~
Me .. I'd wonder away for the day
Till the sound of yelling left my mind~
And I'd lay all day in the grasses far away
And leave all of home and them behind~
I'd watch birds up in the sky
And listen to the grass top breezes blow~
Allowing my mind some peace to find
So after I could carry on it's so~
And then I'd wonder home again
Not a single thing had changed~
They were just as when I'd left
And nothing about them rearranged~
So I would simply not go to school
I'd wonder up that mountain once again~
And walk among nature and peaceful places
Where Small creeks would flow from snow and rain~
Where snow gums grew and eagles flew
And wild flowers how they grew~
Where I'd leave behind an aching heart and mind
And my parents never ever knew~
They remained the same till they both died
The childhood effects remained with myself for life~
And often my blood would almost curdle when
I heard someone say .. Will you be my wife~
And I thought do they know where together they go~
Have they considered all to come~
And I'd remember my childhood days back then
In the grasses around mountain snow gum~
Childhood meditation back then
I know in it's way kept me sane~
And How I wish more was taken sincerely
Upon a child's heart and soul mind and brain~
And still to this day in my mind I trip away
For maybe a moment or two~
But it was due to this I found true love and bliss
As parents should never do this to children it's true~