Love of Gumnuts

 The grey gumnuts of gumtrees,

 are barely seen in the cold nights.

 In the sacred dark spacious forest,

 they can be spotted all around,

 near my home, near the forest.

 I can’t say more than, that’s ‘greytastic’,

 I want to grow this beautiful tree.

 Its weight is like a feather,

 I want to have a gum nut collection,

 and keep them close to me.

 I feel happiness around this nut,

 every day, I see them swaying.

 I smile when I see them,

 I see birds near them,

 as they fall like raindrops.

 I will stay with them,

 for as long as I can.

 But if we chop trees down,

 We won't see gum trees growing,

 and I’ll lose that joyful feeling.