I remember your barefeet down the hallway,

I remember your little laugh

Race cars on the kitchen floor

plastic dinosaurs

I love you to the moon and back

I remember your blue eyes

looking into mine 

like we had our own secret club

I remember you dancing before bedtime 

then jumping on me waking me up

I can still feel you hold my hand

little man, and even the moment I knew

you fought it hard like an army guy

Remember I leaned in and whispered to you

come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here

you were my best four years

I remember the drive home when the blind hope turned to crying and screaming why

flowers pile up in the worst way

no one knows what to say about a beautiful boy who died 

and it’s about to be Halloween you could be anything you wanted if you were still here

I remember the last day when I kissed your face and whispered in your ear

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here

out of this curtained room and this hospital gray will just disappear

come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here

you were my best four years

What if I’m standing in your closet trying to talk to you

What if I kept the hand-me-downs you won’t grow into

And what if I really thought some miracle would see us through

What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here 

You were my best four years

I remember your barefeet down the hallway

I love you to the moon and back.