36/36 'Family'

mom, can you give me some medicine
mom, can you make macaroni
mom, can you help with my homework
mom, i have a boo boo
mom, ive had a bad day
mom, wanna hear about my day
mom.
just some of the things moms respond to.
but no matter what i call
how i holler she doesn't come through
nor does my father.
do it yourself.
figure it out.
i dont know.
17 years alone, and you're confused
confused because we'd rather do stuff alone.
you have me jot all you spend on me
to repay you
i clean, gift you, and saved your life
no repay due
duct tape binds visibly
im the scotch that helps invisibly
the one you can't see.
but only when you plea do you come to me
-thats not who i want to be
with heavy mind and heart so sore
never relaxing shoulders of immense weight
let it sit and build up a plate
i'll sit and wait
till you realize

we're a family of four
but a house full of roommates