1 Lifetimes We've Had Poem by Edith Niemeyer

[DESTINED ONE]

[Penned from the words of Edith Lynn Niemeyer]

[Spoken Intro]
Lifetimes we've had...
but I wasn't keeping score.
How many times
have we stood before the same door—
only to step backward
when we should have stepped through?

[Verse 1]
Lifetimes we've had,
yet here we are once more,
Two wandering souls
at the edge of the same old door.
Chance upon chance,
we almost got it right,
Then one step backwards
took us out of sight.

Were you reaching
when I turned away?
Was I calling
when you couldn't stay?
How many almosts
can two hearts live upon,
Before the almost
becomes forever gone?

[Pre-Chorus]
How do we right-track it,
given chance upon chance?
How do we stop retreating
when destiny asks us to dance?

[Chorus]
REMEMBER...
Oh, remember me.
Remember every lifetime
we were almost meant to be.

Chances are just drips
in a bucket full of shame,
Every missed tomorrow,
every unspoken name.

But I won't give up,
I'm still struggling on—
Because somewhere inside me
I know where I belong.

REMEMBER...
Oh, remember—
My destined one.

[Verse 2]
Maybe we were strangers
passing on some ancient street,
Maybe only one heartbeat
from the moment we should meet.

Maybe I arrived too early,
Maybe you arrived too late,
Maybe we kept blaming time
for what we called our fate.

But if eternity keeps turning,
and the road comes back around,
I'll leave a light behind me
so this time I'll be found.

No more stepping backward.
No more hiding from the sun.
If I am given one more chance—
I'm walking toward the one.

[Chorus]
REMEMBER...
Oh, remember me.
Remember every lifetime
we were almost meant to be.

Chances are just drips
in a bucket full of shame,
But even broken chances
don't have to end the same.

I won't give up.
I'm still struggling on.
I'll keep walking forward
when every hope seems gone.

REMEMBER...
Oh, remember—
My destined one.

[Bridge — Building]
What if this is the lifetime?
What if this is the door?
What if all those shattered chances
were leading here once more?

Then take one step toward me.
I'll take one toward you.

No backwards.
No almost.
No if only we knew.

Let every lifetime whisper
what we couldn't understand:

Destiny isn't finding someone—
It's finally taking their hand.

[Final Chorus]
REMEMBER!
OH, REMEMBER!

I have crossed too many lifetimes
just to lose you once again.

Let the bucket spill behind us,
let the shame run to the ground.
We cannot change the chances lost—
but look what we have found.

I won't give up.
I won't turn and run.
If eternity gives me one more step,
I'll take it toward my destined one.

[Outro — Soft]
Lifetimes we've had...
I wasn't keeping score.

This time
when destiny opens the door...

I won't
step
backwards
anymore.

Remember...

Oh, remember...

My destined one.