"Honey, honey, please try harder!"
That's what she always says.
"But don't you want to be smarter dear?"
No, that's what I've always feared.
"You can do better, hon--I know you can--if you only cared."
I do, Mom, but don't you see?
That I'm just a little scared?
And hoping that you'll love me--
Even if I'm not perfect.