happy birthday to me, a dream in a dream, how fast the years fly by it seems
i look outside at the flashing lights, and thank the universe for another night
to live and breathe in this beautiful scene; an adventure, this life has been
full of wonder and hope, the joys and the tokes—i laugh, but it is not a joke
23 years and still im astounded, of the light and the love from which my world is founded
a kiss and a hug from the boys that i love, in a thousand years i could never get enough!
so much time i feel i've wasted, but in its absence i've been wonderful places
oh, the beautiful people i've met along the way, honestly make my world brighter with every new day
and in that respect i say to all of you: without you all i'd have already come unglued,  long ago, i promise you that
you guys are the fabric that's held me in place... #fact
so three cheers to you and a “here, here” for me, for making it this far by learning simply to *be