My Parents are Monsters

This is my world Welcome, I guess Thanks to my parents, it's sort of a mess They've been on edge, stomping about Try to approach 'em, they'll snarl or lash out Sure, whoo-hoo, I'm a princess Still my life's not ideal There's a few flaws, mainly because Both of my parents are monsters Like, actual monsters, for real Only last year, things were less weird Then out of nowhere, a darkness appeared Suddenly, boom! Something just burst When it was over, my parents were cursed As for how we can cure them That's still under dispute But it's been strange since the big change Seeing my parents as monsters Impossible monsters to boot Now you may think that yours are high strung Thoughtless and rude Over dramatic, erratic, unglued Stubborn as mules, pains in the rear But mine are so far past the line That sometimes, I could drastically swear They're hardly aware I'm here Such a sweet girl Such a hard lot Still she's been coping despite you-know-what Never complains Never upset Under that smile, though, she's struggling, I'll bet She's the calm and mature one While her folks go berserk Having their back, hiding their cracks Knowing her parents are monsters And covering for monsters, it's work And meanwhile there are papers to sign Troops to inspect Meetings galore to restore what's been wrecked People to help, laws to decree And true, there's tons I'd rather do But someone's gotta answer the call And someone is always me It would be nice for just a day To deal with parents who are bossy or nosy Strict would be fine Annoying? Sure, okay But all that mine do for me is pretty much ignore me And let me say, it's the worst Anyway, this is my life Has been all year Under a shadow that won't disappear Everyone's tense, tempers are high But I've been dealing, well, at least I try It's my job to stay hopeful 'Til we're through this somehow Frankly, I know, that even though They are behaving like monsters Angry and wild, easily riled Gritting and braving like monsters Somewhere inside, under that hide Those are my parents, not monsters I'm sure they're not monsters I know they're not monsters But, boy, are they monsters Right now