Why Dad?

Dad I don't understand why,
You give me this pain that I hide,
Why is it that you say
All those hurtful things
To make me feel this way.

Last Tuesday you had a heart attack,
But it was me that had your back,
I called the ambulance for you
And went to the hospital
Just to see you through.

I cried all last week,
For your heart I feared would be too weak.
But you blamed it all on me,
Your daughter, how could you say those things?

You told me it was my fault
How you had your heart attack.
Then you said I had mental problems
What caused you to be so mean?

So my question is why dad,
Why have you been so mean
If it weren't for me you'd be dead
So why do you say those things?

Just let this thought sink into your skull
One day you'll need me
And I may just walk
Right out the door.

One day I won't be around,
My future such bright things to see
But you are so mean to me
And these things you don't want me to see.

So as I lay down in bed
And cry myself to sleep
I ask myself the infamous question burning in my mind,
Why dad do you do this all the time?