Why don't you...

why don't you understand
why don't you find someone
why don't you have a home

i need to know
you have someone besides
warm & affectionate alike
and eager to take over from me
the responsibility of your well being

you will catch a cold,
you will fall sick
you will fell from bike
and fracture your knees
you will get hurt by world
and come home crying

i cant let you live alone
how will u care for self
when i have taught you none
how could i have known
one day you will grow up
and leave the home

not that i'm complaining
but a lot i have missed
my sleep for years
when you woke up at nights
and chose to play or cry
the promotion i was due with
when i instead resigned
the chance to see the world
with the excursions others went
when you were growing
and i could not join

i need to know
it hasn't gone in vain
you are all the meanings
i have lived for
and i want to remain

why don't you understand
why don't you find someone
why don't you have a home