it is only five seconds
with repercussions that will
last a lifetime

my childhood haunts me
as the same stress, anger
leaps into my veins

how i want to push it back
to not have this moment
of loss, of bitter haste

soon they are all crying
the moment turns into
long o-o-o-o-o-o-o’s

all i can do is reach out
my arms, wrap them inside,
and wish time backwards.