Wonderment

I wish these things a child may know:

Brown cattails that on tall stems grow,

Blue dragonflies that knit the air,

The speckled trout in his watery lair,

A harvest moon that fills the pane,

Wild violets by a country lane,

Peepers calling in the dusk,

Bursting corn in ripened husk,

Bright falling star that splits the night,

Honking geese in southward flight--

These things have left their mark on me,

A wish to learn and a wish to see

All of the mysterious things that be

A part of God's heaven on earth below;

I wish these things a child may know.