Here's to All of You

here's to the girl

who didn't ask to lose her friends

and yet lost them anyways,

to events out of her control,

and she could only watch what happened

here's to the boy

who wishes that the past could be erased

and that he could feel better about himself

 who is afraid of getting hurt again

and has to hide that part within him

here's to the girl

who lived a lonely life

 until now never quite fit in,

and now life pulls apart what she had built

so carefully, bit by bit

here's to the girl

who was bullied all her life,

who knew only tears,

until she found a voice of her own

and a destiny for herself

here's to the girl 

who heard the quiet whispers of others

and suffered through them

alone, with no one there for her

to help her through her misery

here's to the boy

who brilliantly shone out to the world

until the day his stability fell,

who left in shame,

and was unable to return

here's to the girl,

who stuck out for her differences

and was relentlessly bullied

for who she was

and  where she had come from

here's to the people

who are all real

who braved their storms

and stuck it out through the end
despite everything against them

and here's to you, all of you

remember this:

whenever life gets hard

just keep on going

because i know things will be okay

 

-Cleo