GONE ARE MY CHILDHOOD DAYS
Childhood, picture taken from https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/03/13/national-conference-on-early-childhood-on-27th/
Gone Are My Childhood Joys
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I have often felt
that childhood brought the bliss
Of inspiration that filled my heart
Inspiration that lifted me up
But now the feeling is gone
And now I feel no more
The light that warmed my heart before
I have tried hard to recapture it
I have tried very hard indeed
I long for its return
But no use. Inspiration does not come
As I like it so. It may come very suddenly
And come before I can hardly know
And now I begin to think
That childhood is a time of pure emotional joy
Where reason does not interfere
As emotion roams like a bubbling boy
The childlike innocent bliss
That happiness which only children know
Fades away as I grow
I have a strong regret
That when I was small
I could not take up my pen
To capture those thrilling moments
And keep them all
Now I am able to write
But that inspiration does not come
I wish I could be rejuvenated
And could be thrilled when hearing a drum
I look back at my childhood days
I look back at my childhood joys
I long to feel that childhood bliss
Where rainbow or sunset so thrills a boy
Oh the wonders of the childhood days
The splendour of the childhood joys
I may never again experience these
As I experienced these when I was a little boy
But I hope ... I can only hope
That such powerful feelings
May stir me again as I grow
That feelings that I used to feel
When I was a boy
The childhood fading light is now dim
But I hope it may glow again and warm my heart
And warm my heart and give me back my childhood joys again
8th August 1966, Kuala Lumpur
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