I die a thousand deaths

you may snarl, growl, rant, and hate

you may bare fangs, charge and fight

Or shut the door to make me wait

or let me down and then turn up late

But, when you ignore and look the other way

I die a thousand times, and I wish not to stay

you may try all those tantrums on me

you vent that spleen, still I let you be

you turn me sad and blue as sobbing sea

Turn your back on me and feign not to see

But, when you ignore and look the other way

I die a thousand times, and I wish not to stay

you can scheme and collude all the day

you can fume and collide on my way

Or hurl me down to the claws as prey

Or you spurn me, this I gravely pray

But, when you ignore and look the other way

I die a thousand times, and I wish not to stay

you can smile and stab me with a knife

you can fail me and flee sans a strife

you can lay a snare and take my puny life

you can claim my space and stay all safe

But, when you ignore and look the other way

I die a thousand times, and I wish not to stay