Just so that you can remember

Just so that you can remember,

Today is your birthday...

You don't want to get up and face the world,

but you have to.

You can avoid all the smiling faces and birthday wishes,

but you must not.

People who weren't nice to you all year long might behave oppositely,

but you can't be cynical.

The world is a tiring place,

but you must hold on.

The world does not particularly care where it extracts the next pound of flesh from,

so you must be ready to bleed a little.

That's all.

Go on with your life now.

Nothing has changed,

except that you are an year older.