imagine

Won't it be good,

when everyone worships you,

and there's no strife any more

over which God to follow.

Won't it be good when we all acknowledge

and thank you for all your goodness to us,

living in the harmony so many of us desire,

when we're truly at one with nature,

because we're at one with you,

its maker.

John asked us to Imagine

all people living as one.

I rejoice that you are bringing us,

calling us to gather

round the tree of life,

with healing leaves...

And Yusuf and I won't have to fight any more...

That'll be good.

But we only won't be arguing

because he'll be gone...

And that is where my courage fails.

No Beatle, Bono, or Bon Jovi

ever ended a song for world peace

by proclaiming damnation.

No pop songs prophesy the establishment of righteousness

by the rooting out of all evil, rejection and dishonour.

Or if they do, it's about people 'over there'

instead of the ones in here...

Am I like a mistaken German,

loving Hitler?

You're not promising an Aryan paradise,

created by the extermination of all

destructive elements.

But there are many images

of gas chambers,

melting pots,

vats and floods of blood.

I think you promise resurrection

and restoration.

But there will be a charnel house for some...

What do I do with that?

I love you.

I love that picture of perfect peace.

I hope it will come.