Calculus

The natural world is bereft of straight lines

and sharp corners of geometric shapes

Rather we live in a world rounded, shaded

We live in a world of gravitational acceleration

Holding us in this place, or propelling us in space

We travel, we live in a world of curves, waves, and motion

The language of calculus opens our understanding

Allowing us to derive the rate of change of motion, and

Furthermore the rate of change of the rate of change

We can describe and approximate the waves

We know how to use integration to determine

The area of irregular shapes and the curves we travel

All our real world is alive with the beauty of math

And those that learn calculus, the language of love

They then have laid open the secrets of our world 

And will take us to the future, and future worlds!