When Daddy & Mommy, Betty & Me

When Daddy & Mommy, Betty & Me

When Daddy & Mommy, Betty & me

Took nature walks on summer days

So much was there to search in ways

That taught us in new ways to see:

All that was in the woods was there

For us to search out and to find,

As if the woods had been designed

For us to lay their secrets bare;

As though there was a message sent

From somewhere, anywhere at all,

That biggest things we find in small,

And nothing is but what is meant.

No one would look for what is sought

If it was not placed there to find;

Aforethought, then, should lie behind

What had to be no afterthought.