Not Without You

Here’s to all the single moms
that ride the bus everyday,
to their minimum wage jobs
with sad lives not worth living
who sacrifice themselves for
the sake of their children.

And here’s to the kids who can’t fit in,
who always get their ass beat
trying to find a way out
or just a place to belong.

Here’s to the murderous cat
playing with a ball of string.

And here’s to the man who lives on the street
with nothing in the world
but his dignity.

Here’s to all of those poets,
artists, punkers, thinkers and lovers
who give it all away for free.

And here’s to everyone
who has ever been told
they will never survive this way
and lived to extend a
middle finger.

Here’s to everyone
so consumed by life,
they want
to die.

I would not want
to live in this world
without you.