one hour

If one hour were enough
To undo a decade of words
If one hour were enough
To fade gently into a shadow
If one hour were enough
To trade presence for presence

If one hour were enough
To be your light
Your essence
Your love
Your everything

Would I take it,
Knowing it may only hold
One touch
Three words
And the longing
For all the hours that will never come?

Or would I walk away
Carrying the silence
As a scar on my wrist
The way I did before?