One More Minute

I wish there was just one more minute

Just one more

Hold the second hand until I can say

All the things

Everyone wishes they would have said

But again life takes the minutes from our hands

and we let them slip

and fall without a word

and wonder why moments take our breath away

Wishing we could have spoken when

Our eyes were dry

and our throats clear

But now I'm crying... just one more minute

One more ball teed up

A laugh

A song

Something to keep my regrets at bay

Just one more minute

Just one more

I promise I won't let it go...

Now

A hand is raised in anger

Tears are shed in fear

A finger on a trigger

About to release a bullet

The chain reactions to follow

Are, for a moment, frozen

If I could stop time

To watch all the world unfold

This moment would reveal a 1000 stories

That even tomorrow will still be untold

Hand shaking while holding another glass

A smile captured after a kiss

The letter falls to the floor

Decisions made

Picture fades in unopen albums

There is everything in this moment

And then the second hand moves