MY CHILDHOOD

Of my world, in my childhood,  

I was the king.  

I could enjoy freely everything.  

I was the king without a crown.  

I would wander around the village or the town.  

I knew no right and wrong;

 For my pleasure I would sing any familiar song.  

I would laugh at everyone’s grief,  

As long as I wished.  I would sleep  

Wherever I wished, I would play  

In the kitchen or on the way.  

I didn’t know It was bad.  

If I was stopped, I felt sad.  

Now I am grown up and I know 

What to do and where to go.

Shafkat Aziz Hajam is a children’s poet. He writes for little children and adult children. He is the author of two children poetry books titled as The Cuckoo’s Voice and Tawheed Islamic Rhymes. He has also authored one adult poetry book titled as The Unknown Wounded Heart. His poems have appeared in international magazines and anthologies like Wheel song anthology UK based, Prodigy, digital literary magazines based in the USA, Inner Child Press International USA and translated works in a Lebanese anthology.