A TOAST

Here's to oblivion
--and all the hell's to come
Here's to tomorrow
-and wherever you are from
Here's to regret
-and all the things we don't
Here's to eternity
-and losing everything we say we won't

Here's to memory
-and forgetting all that's real
Here's to honesty
-and all the lies we'll steal
Here's to dreams
-and the reasons why we wake
Here's to love
-and all of the one's we will forsake

Here's to drugs
-and sobering up in time for death
Here's to faith
-and choking on your wasted breath
Here's to peace
-and the waging war within
Here's to hate
-and knowing just when to sin

Here's to ruin
-and all that it creates
Here's to structure
-and losing all control
Here's to poets
-and refusing to rhyme your lines
Here's to -and knowing that there's a purpose

Here's to God
-and our every little fantasies
Here's to Satan
-and all the other senseless heresies
Here's to nothingness
-and the peace that it provides
Here's to everything
-and how easily it divides

Here's to cancer
-and all those it has saved
Here's to safety
-and all those it's enslaved
Here's to chaos
-and following all the rules
Here's to knowledge
-and dancing with us fools

Here's to poverty
-and living beyond your means
Here's to wealth
-and never knowing what it means
Here's to friendship
-and still knowing you're all alone
Here's to acceptance
-and living life on the road

Here's to endings
-and knowing when to start
Here's to failures
-and at least you had the heart
Here's to insomnia
-and sleeping through the night
Here's to happiness
-and the pain that proves its right

Here's to passions
-and all that's laid to waste
Here's to success
-and never getting a taste
Here's to conformity
-and being who you are
Here's to creativity
-and painting through a scar

Here's to madness
-and all the truth it holds
Here's to sadness
-and all the joy its told
Here's to sanity
-and letting it slip away
Here's to comfort
-and never knowing if it will last...