WHAT IF?

What if everything was the other way ’round?

The top to the bottom, the bottom to the top?

The sides would still be sides

but pointing the other way

Would we stretch our toes

and plant our head firmly on the ground?

Would we get up out of bed each morning

or get down?

Would we unmake the bed?

Would we water the dog and walk the plants?

And would we grow up?

or down?

Would the sky be our home

and the earth somewhere we long to roam?

Would we cry when we’re born

and laugh when we die?

Would we swim in the dirt

and walk on the water?

Would we believe in many gods

and make one person a friend?

Would the stars in the sky be

stepping stones?

Would fish fly and birds swim?

Would dogs meow and cats bark?

Would we say hello when we mean goodbye?