So.... You're 25..... You've survived! 25 years and more than 25 tears shed over 100 times 25 beers Not counting 25 lies And 25 broken ties Or the 25 and more blows to your sunken in eyes Here's to the 25 + shovel strokes To get you out of that deep dark hole The hole you were birthed into 25 years prior With no voice, no choice No written down plans to escape from fire. But you've jumped from that window of the 25th floor building; Each story built from each year that you're holding. Not knowing if you'd collapse from your fall Or relapse or perhaps even survive at all. But you chose to anyway Better lie dead smashed on the pavement than go out burning away. Took a long time to hit rock bottom. Never dreaming you'd reach the ground, never thinking of your feet or that you'd land on them. But you made it! You've crash landed! Took 25 years until you couldn't stand it. And now you're standing up for the very first time. From the crash and the ash and you're feeling alive! Took a dive to realize This whole time inside That you've got it in you. The strength to survive!
Happy Birthday, bro! 25 years..... Wear it like a medal of honor! I love you!