Fear

here's a toast to you
a cup filled with sorrow
jeopardizing promises of gold
to a coward who reciprocates with schemes of fear
seek tomorrow's forgiveness
just as I who can't forgive the miseries of today
like the shadows dwelling in the dark
stealthily awake, foolishly naked
so to the cowardly ________
i beg you to drink up
and pray not for the drunkenness you hoped to be
but for a sober dream beyond your daily wish