What If? Poem by Alf Hutchison
What If?
GAL 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
What if?
What if we were incapable of love?
Or to see the beauty in a snow white dove,
What if this life simply held no joy,
No playful shenanigans of a baby boy,
What if in this life we had no peace?
Just a greed to own the Golden Fleece;
What if mankind harbored only blindness,
No long-suffering and zero kindness;
What if we just lived and died,
Were never truthful, but always lied.
What if in this life there was no hope,
Just a scaffolding and hangman’s rope
What if we possessed no goodness;
No faithfulness nor loving-kindness
What if we spent our lives in fears
Of addicts, drunks and sexual queers,
What if we had lived in the time of Lott,
God destroyed Gomorrah, but mankind forgot.
What if I tell you “Its now taking place,
This world degenerates at diabolical pace”
What if Sodom and Gomorrah returns as ‘old sod’,
Again man will witness… the awesome wrath of God! ! !
dear Alf this is a heart touch poem i really like it thanks for sharing and for sharing the peace of God with your words remember me in your prayer sir with respect luwi
This world is disintergrating vey fast now, so much cruelty, crime and disease of the body and mind. Where has all the goodness gone, the gentleness, the seeing of beauty without the want and greed of having to have it all. A very well penned poem Alf, you couldn't have said it better. Great write and well worth the read, makes the mind react and stimulates our thought to higher things. Love and hugs Ernestine XXX
Hello Alf Another one of your classic poems here your gift of rhythm and rhyme is truly amazing 'What If' is well worthy of a 10, you do look at the more positive side of Humanity again well done. F Duggan
A timely, reflective piece. Well written and pleasant to read
Alf, I also see the greed that rules our world, but unlike you I have no faith in prophets of doom. I am not an Atheist, I believe that the life force or spirit in us is shared by all of us. We need to learn how to love each other, to share, we do not need the punishment of a God. We just need to know the hurt we cause to humankind. We have been punishing people who go wrong for years, yet we still have to continue to punish. A well written poem, you are a great poet. regards Bob
I agree! Man has turned from God- the world now is either foolishly atheistic, or ignorantly worshipping false gods like Buddah. Very well put, and full of truth.
Alf, As I began to read this I immediately said to myself 'But we Do' and there you go saying so at the end. I agree myfriend. nice write well said. Susan I saw that you had several other NEW writes, I will try to get to those in the next few days Alf, I always enjoy your work. Susan
a very interesting poem..the mysticism of this world within still a guess and its up to God judgement....nice write....10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/5/2025 12:49:47 AM # 1.0.0
Shangamiri, what a piece of poetry. Like very much and lets one think about whats happening around us.