If only

If only there were no numbers, how would the world be?

Probably a world where life is not a race the moment the umbilical cord is cut

Maybe a better place where there are no firsts; to look down on seconds and thirds and the last.

Possibly a place; where number of houses owned or holidays enjoyed do not identify us,

Hopefully a place where no six or seven digit salaries exist to deepen the divide.

Truly a world where number of likes and tweets do not shape our daily thinking of how good we are

Really a world, where leaders see people as humans with feelings rather than a number for votes.

If only there were no letters of the alphabet, how would the world be?

Probably a world, where people are not screaming hoarse on whose religion is superior

Maybe a place with less arguments and less bloated egos

Possibly a place where the pen and sword neither hurt

Hopefully a greener planet with less trees felled to express hatred and bitterness

Truly a world where everyone has time to feel others pulse and genuinely pay attention to others around.

Really a world where words such as white, black, superior, inferior do not exist.

Do I wish for such a world?

Maybe less when I was a child and ignorant

Maybe more frequent now when I can count all numbers and read all letters of the alphabet easily.