Would I Ask Thee

If He was right in front of me,

a question I would ask of thee,

is why the world made from thy hands

has now become a barren land

of shock and terror and deceit

and music played without a beat

and not a happy, wondrous place

as once perceived by fortune's fate.

If He was right in front of me,

would I really ask of Thee

how the world made from thy mind

has left the weakest ones behind

for as result of difficult rhymes

and keeping up with bustling times

the world numbs down in angered lame

and quickly shunned and harmed by shame.

If He was right in front of me,

I would really ask of Thee

how could we, change this world,

so that every boy and girl,

man and woman, hand in hand,

could fix this solemn world of land,

and thus, the world, a better place,

and worry's past, no single trace.

-LJ

13 February 2016