"what If?

W/hat if sickness and death were no more? What if racism was something to abhor? What if crime, war, and poverty ceased? What if life took on a brand new lease? Could you live in a world thus described? Where children won't have to run and hide, From people wishing to do them harm, And growing faint out of fear and alarm. What if every man was treated the same? Not looked down upon and called ugly names? What if everyone was considered a brother, Instead of hating and hurting each other? How about the war going on today? Couldn't we have thought of some other way? Without sacrificing so many lives, Is it worth it that so many died? Wouldn't you love to never say "I'm sick," Disease's gone, every one take your pick! What if death walked right out the door, Never showing his ugly face here anymore! To live in a world such as this, Where bad and evil don't exist, Enjoying so much happiness and peace, Where all the former things have totally ceased, What if?