Mouse

You can't be rough with mice.

If you are, she pays a price

For putting you inside her trust.

She must not see your smile is naught but dust.

So while you have your rowdy fun,

She wants to cower hide or run

Toward her safe and cozy place,

But mice can't outrun dogs and tomcats in a chase.

But you don't care, or you don't see

She's given all her heart to thee.

And so you bat, and paw, and chew,

Because mice are not as strong as you.

You must be strong for a mouse,

And build a safe and steadfast house

Inside a proud and sturdy chest,

On which she might just place her head and rest.

But you don't care, or you don't see

And with you, mouse is never free.