Sunday, October 5, 2008

If

If all the colors in the world blended together would we really be an different? If every song flowed into the next like every river flowing into the ocean, would it all be the same? If the trees started asking "May I cut off all your arms?", would you let them? If they asked "May I cut off your legs so you are just a stump in the ground, immobile?", would you let them? If the sun stopped shining onto the earth to punish all the sinners, but just happened to catch all the innocent in the crossfire, would it be just? If the lilacs turned red like roses, would they still be lilacs? Would they still be as beautiful, or would they be competing with the tulips, just like the roses? If the world danced with you, all the trees, all the walls, all the people, all the animals. If the world danced with you, would you call it home? If everyone stopped destroying everything and learned to create, what would happen? If every falling building was turned into a work of art, would the gray be as gray as it was before? If everyone in the world decided to start caring, and save our dying mother, would we still cry over the things that don't matter? Would we still care about our money and our clothing and our jewelry and our cars? Would we still believe that the mark of success is how many homes we own and how many hotels we can buy? If I were to say that all the broken children are more beautiful than everyone else put together, would it make a difference? If I am not who I say I am, am I still me?

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