Memory – Age 4

A Few Months Past Four….

A Few Months Past Four….©David L Page 2016

Verse 1: I recall going to kindy

A neighbour drove me with their children,

My local street kids – one the same age as me..

And his little sis

They dropped us off for the day….

It was in a local church,

on a very busy highway corner…

Not such a great place to be, I recall…..

I was only a few months past four…

(Daily Telegraph 2015)

Verse 2: The church steeple was a tall as the tallest tree I had ever seen..

It had a cross waiving in the wind above

dark and grey, serious and large

Taller than anything I had ever seen

Refrain: Not such a great place for a child I recall,

I was only a few months past four…

Chorus 1: I played games, but not without hesitation

Who were these other kids (who were there)?

Everyone running around and screaming…

Refrain: Not such a great place for a child I recall,

I was only a few months past four…

Verse 3: I remember around this time,

I messed my pants a lot, I recall,

Almost as though I didn’t know what to do

Feeling outside of my body, and

wondering what everything was about..

what is this skin thing that is wrapped around me?

What does it do, how do I know what to do?

Chorus 1: I played games, but not without hesitation

Who were these other kids (who were there)?

Everyone running around and screaming…

Refrain: Not such a great place for a child I recall,

I was only a few months past four…

Middle 16: And then, at about half-past one

forty (40) of us went into a large grand hall,

lights were low

as we lay down on some portable camp beds

with a blanket and a little pillow

they intended us to fall asleep

But I recall only being able to stay awake…

gazing up at the height of the cathedral ceiling ….

Or at the gigantic stain-glass windows

I can hear some kids coughing,

some sobbing,

some sleeping I recall,

there is just something about this time…

I would listen to the (near) silence

and allow me time, to be me…..

Chorus 1: I played games, but not without hesitation

Who were these other kids (who were there)?

Everyone running around and screaming…

Refrain: Not such a great place for a child I recall,

I was only a few months past four…

Return to Middle 16: they intended us to fall asleep

But I recall only being able to stay awake…

gazing up at the height of the cathedral ceiling ….

Or at the gigantic stain-glass windows

I can hear some kids coughing,

some sobbing,

some sleeping I recall,

there is just something about this time…

I would listen to the (near) silence

and allow me time, to be me…..

I was only a few months past four…

Chorus 1: I played games, but not without hesitation

Who were these other kids (who were there)?

Everyone running around and screaming…

Refrain: Not such a great place for a child I recall,

I was only a few months past four…

Return to Middle 16: I looked forward to this time every day…

gazing up at the height of the cathedral ceiling ….

Or at the gigantic stain-glass windows

I can hear some kids coughing,

some sobbing,

some sleeping I recall,

there is just something about this time…

that allows me time, for me…..

I was only a few months past four…

A Few Months Past Four….©David L Page 2016. This audio event represents a developed sense of my recollection of this significant event. 

(War Memorial Register 2016)

The next blog in this Project 1 series is Memory – Age 5.

References

Daily Telegraphy. 2015. History of Pearces Corner on Pennant Hills Rd by Tom Richmond, Hornsby Advocate, September 4, 2015. Accessed 26th December, 2016

DLP image courtesy of: Slideshare  Accessed 27th December, 2016

Page, David L. 2016. “A Few Months Past Four….” ©David L Page 2016

DLP Soundcloud. 2016.  DLP Soundcloud  Accessed 27th December, 2016

War Memorial Register. 2016. Home of Peter Rabbit Kindergarten  Accessed 26th December, 2016

A Few Months Past Four …. audio link courtesy of: David L Page  Accessed 27th December, 2016

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