’IF THESE THINGS’ 

By The Urban Poet

If the sea was green with envy

Would the sky be blue with sadness?

If the gentle turned outrageous

Would the calm be temperamental?

   If these things?

Would these things?

If these things?

   If a dog began to talk

Would we even understand it?

If a liar told the truth

Would he still be underhanded?

   If these things?

Would these things?

If these things?

   If the love we have for others

Could be matched and reciprocated 

Would we overflow with kindness?

Become finer and sophisticated?

   If these things?

Would these things?

If these things?

   If all wars were erased from history

Would the World become a better one?

Or would someone find a reason

To cause chaos and start another one

   If these things?

Would these things?, if these things?

From ‘Rhymes and Reasons’

By Rick’ Varden 2023