A Toast

Here's to the l o n e r s

who'd give anything for someone to sit with

or a kind smile in the hallways

Here's to the n e r d s

drowning themselves in homework to escape from reality

and hating every moment of it

Here's to the w e i r d o s

wishing they could just be understood

or acknowleged as a normal human

Here's to the d r u g g i e s

smoking to have a good time without a care in the world

when in fact, they do care

Here's to the s l u t s

all they ever wanted was to be noticed

all they ever wanted was to feel pretty

Here's to the p o p u l a r kids

with fake smiles, fake friends, fake bodies

yet nowhere near happy

Here's to the f a t kids

eating to fill that emptiness inside of them

yet they are never satisfied

Here's to the s k i n n y girls

hiding under baggy clothing to disguise their so called "fatness"

starving themselves just because they can

Here's to the j o c k s

the g o t h s

the p r e p s

the r i c h

the p o o r

Here's to the people who have been labelled since day one

Well, I've got a different label for you...

It's called

H U M A N

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