It takes only a second,
To say the wrong thing,
To make the wrong acquaintance,
Or drive in the wrong direction.

In only a second
People fall in love.
Inspiration lights your way.
Or the right words fix a wound.

And in one single second.
Someone you know.
A person you've loved.
Could Die.

A fleeting second could take a life,
And give a life the same.
But in which possible second,
Could I fix the scar of when
He took your brother away?

Hermanus Hendrik Janse van Vuuren

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-second/