If

If mortals were more than mortal If we were not limited to Earth's portals If the celestial could live and never die If the first sound of babies was not a cry If death's doors were locked and never opened If words of mortals without love were never spoken If there were no tears of grief, of pain, of horror If every teardrop was ushered with no taste of sorrow If there were no fears of darkness nor threat of men If hopes and dreams could never be dashed or doomed If lions and lambs, Larry and Sam, could live in peace If jungled beasts did not kill each other for a feast If birds of prey could spend more time in flight and play If only Adam and Eve had obeyed The Lord and never sinned