The pop. 

When it materializes you go scream in fury but it makes you worry. 

Because your life is a mess 

And you're less than everyone else 

The feeling that tears your life apart 

You're no one 

Fun like when you used to play outside 

Basketball, baseball, kickball, all of the bad-ass games vanished in a flash 

Smash your bedroom wall in great frustration because you are a disgrace 

Face your fear to feel what you felt before 

Lay on the ground after a long day 

Now every day is a long day 

Limping through life 

And when you lose something you love 

You are never the same 

Lame you are and you lose your name 

The nightmare becomes a reality 

Or the greatest learning experience of your life 

The pop 

The pop that showed you what you took for granted 

The pop that pours fight in your veins 

The pop that infuriates you when you wake up screaming at night from the pain 

The pop that makes you want to get that extra set, rep, to keep working because that’s all you got The pop that brings you closer to your family, but farther from your brothers 

The pop that shows you that I can 

And makes you believe that I will 

Can make you feel like the darkness is closing in but just when it's about to strangle you the light pours in 

Don’t take for granted what you got because you can lose it in 

a pop.