The Dog and his Master

How thoroughly you wreck me With the taste of hope, I can't resist That you may actually perceive my existence As if you haven't already taken more chances than I can give In fact, I gave so many I lost my will to live See, with every gamble on you that left me devastated A small piece of who I am Of my soul disintegrated You encouraged me along the path to my death Yet here I am, holding my breath Trying to overhear you speaking Gleaning your words For what you're truly thinking I must be a nitwit, a dolt, a birdbrain For here I am taking your bait again Even the hundreds of violations Hurt less than seeing your pain-filled expression I love you the way a dog loves his master It's innate, it's instinctual (Ha) I guess I'm well-trained For no one has gone to lengths this drastic To earn your love, to be your sidekick The price I paid was catastrophic Only to find your heart despotic For after all my loyalty, my love, my respect I begged for you to save my life And you walked away instead Leaving me to face the grave With a comment that you don't see it that way I guess I must truly be less than intelligent As I find myself considering If your abuse could be by accident