If Only

If only there wouldn’t be hunger or pain; If people would only stop fighting. If only we’d lose a lot less than we gain; If only the bugs would stop biting. If only there wouldn’t be sorrow or grief; If neighbors would cease to be strangers. If only there wouldn’t be rapist or thief; If only the world held no dangers. If only all hatred would just disappear; If soldiers went home with their rifles. If only the positives would persevere, Our worries would merely be trifles. If only’s a fantasy, fairy tale, dream – Impossible, then, for achieving. If only more chances were there to redeem, Then we pessimists might start believing…