It takes only a second, <br />To say the wrong thing, <br />To make the wrong acquaintance, <br />Or drive in the wrong direction. <br /> <br />In only a second <br />People fall in love. <br />Inspiration lights your way. <br />Or the right words fix a wound. <br /> <br />And in one single second. <br />Someone you know. <br />A person you've loved. <br />Could Die. <br /> <br />A fleeting second could take a life, <br />And give a life the same. <br />But in which possible second, <br />Could I fix the scar of when <br />He took your brother away?<br /><br />Hermanus Hendrik Janse van Vuuren<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-second/
