What If Poem by Curtis Johnson

What If? ?
By Curtis Johnson

An older brother once posed some “What If” questions to me.
My brother is among many who pose all kinds of “What If” questions such as these:

No God; No devil
No heaven; No hell

We simply bite the dust
No final destiny for any of us

We live; and everyone dies
No hell, so no one fries

We finish the race
There’s nothing to face

The world keeps turning
People keep killing and burning

Today, we eat, drink, and be merry
Tomorrow, there’s no Mary or Jerry

My brother says to me, “What if you give your whole life to
A God that does not exist? ”
I say to my brother, “If it be true that God does not exist,
I would have lost nothing; but if it be true that God does exist,
Then you would have lost everything.”

So, my parting questions are: What if he doesn’t? What if he does?

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