to my parents

i'm sorry mom and dad

i know i've messed up bad

i should've

should've done

should've done better

i'm sorry mom and dad

for all the time i had

to get my life

to get my life together

but i didn't

1993

you gave birth to me

sweet little baby girl

had the world at my feet

before i could even stand

cradled me in your right and your left hand

a precious bundle of unmade plans

hopes and dreams of bigger things

a bright future

so it seemed

oh but that light grew a little less bright

as i grew up and we began to fight

when i was 13

i was so damn mean

running away

had nothing more to say

than i hate you"