If ever I held you again. If fate would be so kind
I would not forget to love you for even one second
I would not look past one second to the next
I would not lose one precious second
For seconds lead to minutes and then hours and then into days.
I wasted too many seconds not holding you
I wasted too many minutes not taking you in
I wasted too many hours not loving you,
No...I would not waste even one second.
I have spent too many seconds, too many minutes
Too many hours, days, months and years... thinking of you
Loving you... wanting you back in my arms.
And I will spend the rest of eternity
A second at a time
Just dreaming of your touch.
And if I could hold you one more time
If fate would be so kind... I would make each second
Last a lifetime.

Gordon Merritt