The Fool That I Am

I was taking her home to meet my parents Of whom I never had said much about If she had any concerns about the feelings I had This was sure to remove all of the doubt My father was working in the garden When we drove up the driveway to my house He was so happy to get to meet my girl That he yelled into his lovely spouse When my other father walked out of the front door The uniqueness of my home life was on display I watched her very carefully Hoping she would be okay She shook their hands with a smile on her face Saying, “It’s so nice to meet both of you, This explains so much about your son, Things I am sure you already knew” “This explains why he is so accepting Of all our friends who are different than us This explains why so quickly everyone I know In your son puts all their trust” “This explains why he is not judgmental And why he never assumes to know another’s story This explains why he is so confident And not pretentious like so many other boys” “But I wonder why he doesn’t boast about his Dads And why he is worried about what others might think” Then all three of them turned around to me Staring with eyes that would not blink I simply looked at them with love in my heart Thinking about how my girlfriend and Dads were so cool Then I simply shrugged my shoulders and said, “I guess I am just a fool”