If you can fix anything
The broken things and
Everything else in between
Would you put that gun down?

If you know the answers
To life and death and also
All of the questions in the universe
Would you put that gun down?

If you have the elixir
To stay forever young
And you can eat anything
Would you put that gun down?

Maybe you are gifted with
True love and to never
Experience any harm in life
Would you put that gun down?

What if you become the
Richest man in the world
With everything at your feet
Would you put that gun down?

What if everyone listens
To anything you have to say
And that means just say anything
Would you put that gun down?

What if you have the gift
Of time and you never run out of it
Not even a second at all
Would you put that gun down?

Maybe you just want control
And the illusions and reality of it
That you can change anything
Would you put that gun down?

Author Bio:

Diana Kurniawan is a writer and poet based in Berthoud, Colorado. She is a member of Lighthouse Writers Workshop and The University of Chicago Graham School. She is a fiction reader for The Maine Review and you can reach her at http://www.dianakurniawan.com, or IG @DianaKurniawanWrites, and X @Hereislovingyou.