To Love Nature

I grew to love Nature when I was a boy And learning of her ways today I enjoy And my wonder of her ways only does grow Yet so little about her I can claim for to know Some four decades beyond my physical prime In the twilight of my existence and running out of time My knowledge on Nature not good I realize A lack in me I have no wish to disguise I do realize water uphill cannot flow And I do recognize a currawong from a crow Such things everybody does or ought to know But for my age in knowledge I have little to show To so many people Nature joy does bring And her praises they certainly does love to sing And despite years of knowledge and research on their side Even from her top students Nature her secrets does hide Long before time it did become my foe I grew to love Nature many decades ago But the more I learn of her the more I realize That of her I know little this not a surprise.