Mommy, can I show
you
Justaminute, Honey
The picture I made
in school
Justaminute, please
Got an A on my
math test
One more minute, Honey
Mommy, did I tell
you …
Sweetheart,
PLEASE!
How many times did
justaminute
Interrupt
Interject
mindlessly intrude upon
Mom Mom Mom!
Small eyes searching
for eyes aimed elsewhere
Tiny hands tugging…
Justaminute, Honey
Just-one-more
A rapidfire phrase --
Extinguishes the spark
In sweet expectant
eyes
Kills the moment,
Never to return
Sends the message:
“That” is more
important than Y*O*U
Right now…in this moment
And this…and this.
Justaminute, Honey
Can’t
you wait?
A few more seconds, please?
Can’t
you wait?
Just another minute
Can’t you wait?
One more moment—PROMISE!
Gotta leave for the car pool…
Wait’ll I finish grading this test…
After we get home from school…
Then you can show me your best!
Almost done with the dishes, Honey…
Wait—need to check my email…
Let’s go to the bank to get some money…
Need to make cookies for the bake sale.
How about after I get back from class…
Let me pack this lunch for Thomas…
Need to remind Dad to mow the grass…
Only take me a sec—Promise!
The show’s over in five more minutes
Just let me close my eyes for one more…
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Justaminute--three little words,
spoken rapidfire,
close the door, heavy-laden, on
fleeting ephemeral moments
singed lightning fast
Opportunities never to return
to say I love you
the best way of all--
at his eye level
knee to knee
toe to toe
Justaminutes string together
a garland of regrets
winding through the years
like chains on Jacob Marley.
Wish I had a nickel.
for every justaminute
In my collection of
Lost invitations
For loving
My child
Now grown and gone.
Wake up! Focus!
Be in the moment!
Breathe,
Ease back into your skin,
And gift t h I s moment.
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