I Love You

I write these words for you Mom and Dad
To provide some comfort when I know you're sad

There is nothing magical that I can say
To make what has happened to go away

I wish some how that I could explain
The reason for all this needless pain

But there are no answers when I ask myself why
Don't ever think you failed to try

Everyone knows that isn't true
That you always did what good parents do

You taught me morals and to be polite
You comforted me in the middle of the night

There was food on the table, a roof over my head
Love and compassion when tears were shed

You showed me the difference between right and wrong
To never give up and always stay strong

I only wish I could change the past
By slowing it down because I went too fast

Mom and Dad I'm sitting in jail
With the words of a poet trying to tell

About the love I have for you deep in my heart
And the pain that I feel cause we must be apart

I can only imagine how tough it must be
For the both of you having to see

The road that I have traveled over the years
So self destructive and causing you tears

I just want you to know however this ends
You're much more than parents, you're also my friends