Though Little About Nature

Though little about Nature I can claim to know I can distinguish a currawong from a crow And I can tell a wallaby from a kangaroo Or a rosella or lorikeet from a cockatoo But such common knowledge is no boost to my self esteem For everyone knows of such things it does seem And though we learn a little from her every day Nature from us her secrets keep hidden away In a bog or a swamp a cacti will not grow And a trout likes to spawn where the river rapids flow This is basic knowledge on Nature to most And surely not something of which one should boast The one who can grow a giant seed from a tiny dark seed My knowledge of her very basic indeed Compared to her's human achievements seem small The amazing one who grows food for us all.