The Time it Didn't Hurt

I was once told,

To dream a new dream

To think I could have anything I want

But just for a second

For that one second 

I felt all was right in the world

That people were good to each other

That people learned from their mistakes

60 seconds

Where that father in some distant place

Didn’t shout at his child

Where he realized his words hurt 

Where the child learned to love his father again

And to think I could have anything I wanted

For success to be within my reach

I yearn for a new understanding 

As to why my happiness only lasts a second

And never seconds

Never minutes

Hours 

Nor years

Just one

But even so 

I still stand and I wait for that second

Where I can imagine what it is i want

But as the clock strikes 12 I learn

What it really meant for time to stand still

Dream a new dream

Because maybe the one you have now isn’t what you really want