If You Only Had An Hour

If you only had an hour

Would you run away every second

Like you’ve always done

Knowing you can’t outrun time

When it has already begun

Or would you laugh every second

And accept the now

The same as you approach life

The only way you know how

If you only had an hour

Would you loathe every second

With your heart’s abundance of hate

Or make peace with what eats you

Before you reach heaven’s gate

Or would you count down every second

Invite your maker along

And show defiance despite

That you feel far from strong

If you only had an hour

Would you still worry every second

And fill yourself with dread

With what may never happen

And for what might lay ahead

Or would you plead every second

To repair your discord

Renegotiate with God

Like a desperate fraud

If you only had an hour

Would you feel every second

With every bit of your soul

Or would you stay hard

And indifferent but in control

Or would you love every second

Before you part

Those who surround you

With an unconditional heart