I Need You Both

I would not have been, if you were not,
How could I breathe without your breath?
You infuse my life with valuable thought;
I dare life's meanders as I welcome death.

You make me whole, full and complete,
I exist in assurance that you usher in dawn;
My coffer is full and with harmony replete,
I inherit your richness of brain and brawn.

Mother and father, you both compliment life;
I am lost with one, while yearning for the other;
Be there, I need your clasp to ward off strife
And benefit from the love of sister and brother.

In your togetherness lies my slumber deep;
In your love is defined my emotional thrust;
You give me joy and make my heart leap
At the stir of empowering emotional gust.

I rest that you are there ever by my side,
In my thoughts and for all I can ever dare;
I live in the bliss that you amply provide
All I know, and love, and miss and share.

As I grow in form and mental strength,
As I pass from picket to adult fence,
You lead the way and provide the length,
Of proven path and well saved pence.

Hold on, please don't succumb to difference,
I will break; see - I am as fragile as I am torn;
Without both of you I struggle with diffidence,
In your shadow, guiding light I richly adorn.