5 Minutos

Just 5 more minutes, I asked my mom
I'd stay until the next day if it were up to me
The good part is having chocolate bread for a snack
Happiness was being at my grandma's house
Running down the street, the ball rolls
Jumping the stairs so grandpa could see me
My new shoes, time flies
Today I want to go back to hug you while I can

And even though that kid didn’t understand that you age
I was happily going to the garden eating cake with nuts
Maybe I made you mad sometimes
And it was hard for me to say I loved you as much as you deserved

Today I thank you that your time was his
And that you covered him with love, full of pride, as he grows
If you thought no one would pull us apart
I apologize for being the one who did it

Since you’re going to forget me
And all my life you’re going to take away
Take me with you too
To some happy place
Where I didn’t lose you
Even though I know I can’t go

Where you go
Because I don’t have wings to fly
Can you stay in my dreams
For a while to play?
Just 5 more minutes

I was 14 and when I got back from school
It was just crossing the street to give grandma a kiss
It’s only 5 minutes
Mom would repeat, and another day I delayed that visit

She waited with my picture on the table
I didn’t have a second while her world withered
Can’t you see it’s you who has it but avoids it?
Life will never come and take it from you

And then grandpa left us and you faded
And I never stopped to think you were alone waiting for someone every afternoon
I always had them right in front of me
How could it be so hard to take 5 minutes to hug you?

When I finally understood, I saw it in your eyes
Just blurry memories that maybe don’t look for me anymore
I left saying: Grandma, I’ll be back soon
And your smile, if I mention you, is the one that never came back

Since you’re going to forget me
And all my life you’re going to take away
Take me with you too
To some happy place
Where I didn’t lose you
Even though I know I can’t go

Where you go
Because I don’t have wings to fly
Can you stay in my dreams
For a while to play?
Just 5 more minutes

Alzheimer’s has dimmed your light but this kid
Has kept you in his memory singing carols
Give grandpa a hug
And leave behind the pain of missing him
To walk together
If time runs and we don’t last forever
It’s just so we can make the journey beautiful

Grandma
Since you left, I keep telling myself
Even though it hurts that a whole life passes in a little while

Just 5 minutes
Just 5 more minutes.