Good Questions

I'm behind on April's PAD over at Poetic Asides, but I wrote these lines down from April 3rd's prompt:

"Imagine the world without you"

This is what plopped out of my harried little mind:

Good Questions
 

What if you had never been here?
Had never been born?

What if your particular blueprint
with all your dimensions and specifications,
with all your quirks and peculiarities,
had been tossed in the recycle bin
before production ever started?

Whose day would be darker without your smile?
Whose heart would be colder without your love?

What would the world be missing that you have made?
A child, perhaps?
Maybe a work of art – a painting, a poem, a story?
Or is it a warm hearth and humble home?

These are good things to ask before you start your day.

Because there is someone who needs your smile today.

There is someone who craves your love.

And there is something only you-
with your hands and mind and body -
can give to the world.

So, rise and shine, my lovely!

Smile.

Love.

Create.

You are here.