I Would Have Taken Your Place

Time stood still when you were in the water

Calling to God was all I knew to do

9-1-1, hair plastered, your clothes dripping

My body ached to hold you

Wail of sirens, body board, neck collar,

Calming words, maintaining control

Had I given you a happy life? Did you feel loved?

Had God saved your soul?

The blur of sounds in the ER

Severe pain, fear, dread

Touching you, looking in your eyes

I wished to God that it were me instead

Many parents have known the feeling
A hurt child -- others see him as a man

My little boy, I could lose him

How can this be part of the Plan?

Minutes became hours

Hours have become days

Time has changed life

You've grown in so many ways

Always so proud of who you are

Now, even more so

Using this time to further help others

To mentally and spiritually grow

Cliches have real meaning now

The plight of others more understood

To everything there is a season

All things really do work together for good

Connie Riggs