dear gary, 
thank you so much for understanding my jumping the gun.
everyone has told me what a good man u r. please share this
with your family.


u didnt 
u wouldnt 
handle my child
no shaking, no slamming
you're not all that wild
i made a mistake
i lay here awake
sorry for his story
we know it wasnt a fake 

i have a small boy 
who's quite a bundle of joy
but deep in his soul
is a negative pole
he thought u were mean 
i thought u were cruel
but honestly, 
u were enforcing the rule

u may understand my reasons for Me 
u may know my child to a small degree
but 1 thing i know, u will never see
 is how sorry we r to your family

i took all my fears from my previous years, 
and bundled them up 
i made u my peers
 but your wife and your kids deserved more than that 
of a rambling woman holding a bat

 when u return home 
please let it be known 
that i care and im loving 
and i wrote u this poem
to tell all of u 
that i wish to be cool
but i am so sad 
i'm sometimes a fool
 
u know whats right, whats wrong 
and y we fight
 and u r the one who makes it alright.