What If
What if God hadn’t planned the world,
in his exact and perfect way?
He might have left out all the flowers,
that brighten up the day.
If he hadn’t made the sun so bright
or the moonlight so subdued,
how would that affect the ocean’s tide,
or the growing of our food?
Perhaps the bees and butterflies,
would not fit in the scheme
and we’d go to sleep in daylight
and were never meant to dream.
If the sunrise and the sunset
did not come in Technicolor
and the sky was always darkest gray,
or some hue even duller;
if the only animal he made,
was the hippopotamus
or maybe just for fun he’d add
the big rhinoceros
and the others things He gave us,
were slugs and bugs and such;
do you think we would be happy?
Would we like that very much?
And now I’ve had a dreadful thought.
I’m elated its not true.
Suppose in his forgetfulness,
He’d forgotten to make you.
Would he see how very sad I was,
if I had never met you?
That’s a very silly question, ‘cause
God never could forget you.
For Desiree's contest "What If"
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