If I Could,

I would wake up before the morning dawn
And paint a smiling face on the orange of the sun
Just like it looked in my nursery school color book
That when you wake up from the pain and strain
The sun’s smile would carry you through the end of the day

If I could,
I would create a garden in the universe above
Where green vegetables and pretty fruits alike
Would thrive and vine all the year round
Such that hunger you will never ever know again
For like manna from heaven,
There always would be a surplus

If I could,
I would erase the tears from your motherly eyes
As you walk miles and miles to find a hospital
For your little angel dying in your arms
For there would be no sickness to fight off your energy
But a permanent smile, just like the sun at dawn

If I could,
I would protect all the women battered every end of the day
I would drop down my wings of armor around each vulnerable child
I would soften the heart of each man and woman alike
That in place of hatred there would be love in abundance
In place of war there would be peace transcending
In place of lies there would be truth and honesty
In place of death there would be life in plenty.

If I could,
If only I could
I would I would I would
Yes I would
And so to pray I will not cease
For that day when could would be.