IF GOD WERE HUMAN
H. W. Bryce
If the world were worthy, I would give you love.
If God were human with his Godly powers,
He could still turn his wrath on us.
He could go Old Bible on us
And take a hand for a hand, an eye for an eye,
He could raze our crops and flood our world,
He could cause fire and damnation
Like a storied and vengeful old Greek god
Of storyland. If God were human.
How petty are we humans, next to God.
And if you say there be no God,
God still could smite you, if God were human.
Humans try to explain with science,
And science does a very good job.
Remember, though, that it was God who gave us
Humans free will; science agrees we have that,
Yet, in spite of that….
If you or I harmed our fellow,
God could give us thirty lashes, with his Godly powers.
If God were human.
If man administered lashes for some imagined wrong,
God could strike the whipping arm right off,
If God were human.
If someone chopped another’s head right off,
God could burn him at the stake right there, on site—
God could choose to do all that,
If God were human.
He could wither you with one godly look
Should you think dirty thoughts or do an evil thing.
He could burn all your possessions
In retribution if you stole another’s things.
He could destroy you with a pointed finger…
If God were human, and kept his Godly powers.
But God is God, and God is Love.
If a human ever became our God, would he be as kind?
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