Parental Confessions

I'm sorry I easily lose my temper and get too angry.
I'm sorry you don't like the food when you're hungry.
The house is a mess and the food supply gets short.
The laundry baskets are piled up with no time to sort.

What you don't see is the meals I miss so you can have five.
You don't see all of the sleep I lose to make sure you're alive.
I'm sorry I scream when you jump off the couch.
It's just my heart skips when you even say ouch.

Every little thing awakens my greatest fear.
The fear that one day you wouldn't be here.
My greatest fear is the possibility of losing any of you.
Without any of you, I wouldn't have a clue what to do.

My world wouldn't exist.
My heart would submit.
My brain would explode.
My life would postpone.

I couldn't go back and I wouldn't try to go forward.
I would be at a standstill not knowing my purpose.
I'd lose the role that made me who I am.
I'd lose my identity, was it all just a sham?

I'd give my last breath for you to have one more.
I'd give anything to make sure that you're before.
You'll come before anything in this world.
You're always first, I give you my word.