I’d wrap my arms around the world if I could,

And hold all the weeping children.

I’d comfort them and love them like my own,

If I could, and be a “Mummy�?just for them.

I’d feed all the starving, if I could,

So they wouldn’t go hungry for another day.

They’d stand strong beside me with a smile

On their face.

I’d give them that smile, if I could.

I’d cloth the naked, protect their bare skin

from the biting cold of winter.

I’d keep them warm, if I could.

I’d build them a house,

A place to call home,

To be safe and secure between the walls.

I’d give them that place, if I could.

The tears would stop falling like a river

Down their face,

Their frail bodies wouldn’t shiver

Through the night.

Death would no longer threaten their existence,

And they’d live in a perfect world.

I’d create that world, if I could.