A Matter of Moments

  

  

    by Walter Kowalczyk

  

  

    

  

  

    I am dying inside cuz my air is gone

  

  

    My chest is heavy, the days are long,

  

  

    I long for the times we had

  

  

    I miss the good times, and the bad,

  

  

    My life is so empty since you died

  

  

    Looking at a empty swing set, slide,

  

  

    Reminiscing of just a few moments ago

  

  

    When you were here and I could let you know

  

  

    Exactly how much I loved you Tyler

  

  

    Blue eyed smile-r, no one wilder,

  

  

    He made me laugh all the time

  

  

    I can't get it off my mind,

  

  

    Life has no meaning anymore

  

  

    Its like Im dying and your..

  

  

    so very far away from me

  

  

    but I'll be there, a.s.a.p.

  

  

    To hold you again, this time forever

  

  

    Tyler and Dad, forever together,

  

  

    Until that day I will be needing you so

  

  

    and in my heart, its cold like snow,

  

  

    You can be my hot cocoa,

  

  

    Goes past my stomach and warms my soul,

  

  

    Makes me feel alive again

  

  

    I can hold him again, no pretend,

  

  

    I would have my little boy

  

  

    And we can play with all his toys,

  

  

    We will sit and talk

  

  

    We will go on walks,

  

  

    We can ride his bike

  

  

    We can stay up all night,

  

  

    Playing magic, nothing tragic

  

  

    Everything will be ok,

  

  

    So glad, nothing bad,

  

  

    Just Dad and Tyler days,

  

  

    That would truly be heaven, as it was here on earth

  

  

    I loved him every day since the moment of his birth,

  

  

    He grew over the years, so smart and sweet

  

  

    He would tell a joke, play around, or dance to the beat,

  

  

    He loved art, animals, and video games

  

  

    Then one day after Christmas, everything changed,

  

  

    He had to go to heaven, Jesus called him quick

  

  

    Jesus himself got a laugh, Tyler showed him a magic trick,

  

  

    Tyler showed Jesus something's he learned

  

  

    Jesus showed Tyler something's in return,

  

  

    He showed Tyler that he was ok

  

  

    That his family will return to him one day,

  

  

    Then Tyler started to cry

  

  

    But Jesus stopped that with a wipe of his eye,

  

  

    He looked down at Tyler and smiled,

  

  

    "For them it will be long, but for you just a little while"

  

  

    Tyler understood that he was an angel now

  

  

    He looked and seen he had wings and even though he didn't know how,

  

  

    He flapped his wings and started to fly

  

  

    And flew down to see him family try,

  

  

    Try to move on without our little man

  

  

    Then Tyler whispered " Stop crying if you can,

  

  

    This is Gods plan!  and in his you can trust

  

  

    I know its hard to keep going, but you absolutely must!

  

  

    You have to realize that I am better then OK

  

  

    I am with Jesus and we play and play,

  

  

    I have everything I would ever need

  

  

    I have all the video games here, even ones you never seen,

  

  

    I am happy everyday, so please stay strong

  

  

    and I will see you soon, for me it won't be long",

  

  

    Then Tyler kissed all his family on their cheeks

  

  

    They are so moved, they can hardly even speak,

  

  

    Then as he flies away I wake up from a dream

  

  

    Was it real? Are things what they seem?

  

  

    I know it was real, because I look on the ground

  

  

    And one of Tyler's pictures is what I found,

  

  

    It wasn't there before! Was it? I just cleaned!

  

  

    Wasn't it a dream? What can this mean?

  

  

    A warming presence and all at once, I can feel it too

  

  

    That this dream of my angel Tyler has come true,

  

  

    He is watching over me and I will see him one day

  

  

    We will sit in heaven and play and play,

  

  

    We will get to spend all of eternity having fun

  

  

    I will spend every second of my after-life, with my son,

  

  

    So each day I pray, and ask God to guide my steps

  

  

    So I dont stray, and make a right when it should be a left,

  

  

    Every decision I make from here on out, has to be the right

  

  

    Go to church, worship God, say my prayers every night,

  

  

    I'll be kind to others as I would want done to me

  

  

    Let my decisions be the same, as the ones Jesus' would be,

  

  

    I'll make sure every path will lead me true

  

  

    So nothing on this earth will keep me from you,

  

  

    My angel, my light, my heart, my muse

  

  

    I wouldn't be the man I am if it wasn't for you,

  

  

    Thank you God for letting me have Tyler when I did

  

  

    Please tell him for me, "I will see you soon, I love you kid!"

  

  

    Tell him we miss him and tell him we care

  

  

    Tell him it will only be a matter of moments till we are there,

  

  

    Kiss his forehead and hold him tight

  

  

    Tell him everything will be all right,

  

  

    Ok Tyler I have to go I will see you as soon as I can

  

  

    Then we can be together forever, just as God planned!

  

 

 

 

 

-Walter Kowalczyk Sr.