If

( Apologies to the great poet Kipling , whose "If " is and shall remain un-matched )

“If ” denotes postulation
if means speculation
If asks questions
uneasy propositions 

If it could happen
this way or that
If one could contain
a word and a spat 

If I could intervene
change the scene
Empty words, actually
Ask -Would I really ?

I explore possibilities
thus spake the bull
I gore to please
and pause in the lull

I seek satisfaction
from all my  action
even if people die
the crowd is happy

"He is so brave
but so naive
 his blood is real not fake
he died for our sake"

If indeed he was brave
himself he could save;
would he be honoured ?
or be labelled a coward?