Silly Little Family

I’m sitting in this auditorium

waiting for my daughter to sing

but I don’t feel like a parent.

I feel like a lost little kid

looking at the happy little couples

with their happy little families

living in their cozy little cottages

with their little mini vans out front.

And the hole in my chest

aches with loneliness.

But then my daughter comes in

walking like a silly penguin

and I chuckle

at our silly little broken family

full of silly little lunatics

who are gonna grow up

to change the world.