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ONE MINUTE'S TOO MUCH

Dedicated to the love of my life - Kevin - from your Mom

 If I could have one day to have you back with me

I lie awake and think at night

Of which day it would be?

Would I choose the very beginning  

When  I first heard your  cry?    

After 9 hours of labor and anticipation 

"It’s a boy" came the awaited reply

Would I choose the day you were 9 months old

and you took your first step?

You wobbled across the kitchen floor

with a proud grin and arms outstretched

Or what about the first day of Kindergarten

When I came to pick you up?

You jumped off the steps, smiling

  "Mommy, Mommy"  

Nothing like the crying child I had left.

How about the day your rode your bike 

without training wheels

and I watched nervously, afraid that you'd fall?

Or when you played your first Little League Game?

 And your Dad and I clenched our fists,

hoping you wouldn't drop the ball

When you went to get your Driver’s License, 

we dreaded the independence.

 yet, were afraid of your disappointment if you failed.

Then we saw you walking up with

that million dollar smile.

 Happiness for our precious son had prevailed!

Your High School Graduation

Was another cause for celebration.

Would I choose the day 

you  marched across the stage

and got your diploma?

A handsome young man now

standing  six feet tall.

"I told you I would do it" you said,  

with that gleam in your  eye. 

You put your arms around and held me tightly

As I struggled not to cry.

Though I miss those special days a lot.

They are not what keep me awake.

 Every day my eyes are dry

But my heart bleeds an ocean of tears, 

longing for the average day; 

the ordinary day;

A day I'd gladly give my own life for

without as much as a squeak.

The day that I would choose

is any day of 

THE WEEK.

~

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

~

You'd come in and ask,

"What’s for dinner, Mom?

Then without fail

  slam the door  

But before I could utter a word

You were behind me

Hugging me

No matter who  

was there to see.

You wanted the world to know

  that you loved you some "Mommy"

Later the hugs turned to not one kiss

...or two, 

... but a whole array of them

All over my face.

Now that I think of it

It was as if you knew.

 I would take any of those days. 

That's what I would do.

  Because one hour is too long...

One second is too long...

One minute's too much

... to be without you.