A thousand times
worse than that of the mouse
human gnawing ( behind your back)
bit by bit it seeks to bring you down

there's no truth in what they believe
nor the slightest justification
they are empty and rotten inside
they can't contain their own frustration

how persuasive is their tongue
how they smile when they meet you
( 'How I hate your success and happiness'
  you gave me the perpetual blue')--

  those words unuttered and their feelings they repress
  their teeth with time they furtively sharpen
  they know not they destroy themselves
  the gnawing poisons them-- it festers and does deepen.