I was7 years old but never knew a to z
I was 8 years old; one question was “what is 1 to 10?”
I was 9 years old, with no mother.
I was 10 years old, under my grandma’s guidance,
My father meeting with the angels

I was 11 years, now on the streets,
        here life changed,
        rubbish was my food and clothing,
        streets were my homestead,
As all regrets of misery set in.

I was 12 years, and life changed,
        I was fostered by a guardian angel,
        may be sent by my late dad? +
        Fact is, she groomed me,

A year later, I was 13,
        Oohh my, there are pimples on my face,
        but now schooling,
        I knew a to z and 1to 10.

Then 15, and my glaze was on her,
        the most beautiful girl I ever set eyes on,
        but academics first, so I foregone all of that,

Time flew, and I was 20 years old,
I am in university, and all my childhood troubles were behind me,
        I now glimpsed ahead of my goal,
...5 years later, I am 25,
        I am a doctor,
        I am married with my first crush,
Now I just look back at my history, and say
“Haaaa…those were the days!”