as if it were today.
Right outside a playing,
so cheerful, bright and gay.
I left you for one second,
to answer the telephone.
But when I came to get you,
I stood there alone.
I never recognized the scream,
that pierced the summer air.
I only hear it in my dreams,
each night it takes me there.
I have no way of knowing,
if you are still alright.
Or if you need your mommy,
on your deepest, darkest nights.
I only know I miss you,
so deep within my heart.
And it only took a second,
for my world to fall apart.
My Darling, if you should read this,
I hope you someday see.
That you were more than just my son,
you were all of me.
And if I only had one second,
I'd turned the hands of time.
Back before that awful day,
back when you were mine.
by Thomas Harvey