Realization

Have you ever been away
  so long?
Have you ever managed
 to forget?
Haver you ever pushed the
    thoughts away?
Only to...

In one bursting moment
   of realization,
One flood of memories
   coming back,
One stinging slap
   of reminisce,
Realize who you're meant
      to be.


Have you ever hated where
       you are?
Have you ever wished you're
   someone else?
Have you ever given up
        on life?
Only to...

In one bursting moment
   of realization,
One flood of memories
   coming back,
One stinging slap
   of reminisce,
Realize when you're meant
       to be.


I've been to places I didn't want
  to go,
I've worked at tasks I'd
   never planned;
I've seen the dark side of life
          on hold,
Only to...

One more day at the grindstone...
One more night of sleep cut short...
Give me life beyond this mess...
Give me something; something more!


In one bursting moment
   of realization,
One flood of memories
   coming back,
One stinging slap
   of reminisce,
I realize that I'm meant
             to be.