Cornfield Chase

There are songs that don’t just play
they pull you backward.

When Cornfield Chase by Hans Zimmer begins,
I feel the weight of a love stretched across distance
a father leaving, not because he wants to,
but because he must.

It reminds me of my own choices
the miles I traveled,
the moments I missed,
the pieces of my children’s childhood
I can never reclaim.

Love, I’ve learned, isn’t always being there.
Sometimes it’s sacrifice
giving up time now
to protect something greater later.

But time is the one thing
you never get back.

So if you have your kids beside you
in the noise, the chaos, the ordinary
hold it close.

Because one day,
you’ll feel it too:

that quiet ache
for just one more moment.