Just in case I’m dreaming,
and we get a redo.
Just in case I’m still in the bed we share,
and I’ll wake up to find you there.
Could I tell you, one last time?
I love you.
Could I hear the door,
and run after you?
Could I turn left instead of right,
as if I already knew?
Just in case there’s been a mistake,
and there’s no reason for all this pain and heartache.
Could we pretend I could see it in your eyes-
the pain and fear you hid so desperately?
The pain and fear you hid so successfully?
Could we rewind to the moment before you let go?
Could you give me the chance to let you know,
You were everything to me, to Hugo.
Could I have a second to tell you so?
When I am given my second chance,
Could we discuss this in advance?
Could I carry you through the hardest parts?
Could we sit down and talk, bare both our hearts?
Could I beat you there on that night?
Could I be waiting to catch you,
and you’d be alright?
And if that is too much to ask,
If I can’t take time to task,
Could we step off together, into the night,
Like two fireflies taking flight?
Becoming the stars scattered above us,
Shining so bright; our reach so endless.
Just let us be forever suspended,
In those precious moments before your life ended.
In those moments where your pain, I could tend to.
In those moments where I could remind you-
I love you.