All my strength can’t build a fortress
my arms can’t shield you through this battle
but I’ll protect you with my love
through scoffs and taunts until 3pm.
I am a father’s heartbreak at every schoolyard
coaching my child through cruel untruths
'I'm too fat, too slow, too different.'
I am every father who has counselled since dawn
exhausted and broken from pleas of
'Please Dad, I don’t want to go back'
but I do as every father must
exude encouragement through the bars
You are strong, boy, you got this
then slide my smile until 3pm
when the process starts
all over again.
my arms can’t shield you through this battle
but I’ll protect you with my love
through scoffs and taunts until 3pm.
I am a father’s heartbreak at every schoolyard
coaching my child through cruel untruths
'I'm too fat, too slow, too different.'
I am every father who has counselled since dawn
exhausted and broken from pleas of
'Please Dad, I don’t want to go back'
but I do as every father must
exude encouragement through the bars
You are strong, boy, you got this
then slide my smile until 3pm
when the process starts
all over again.
