Envy's Meal

Western culture marches under the banner of freedom like a tsunami, pushing debris into quiet neighborhoods where children play, changing forever what it touches. Its modern religion replaces catechism with mirror, where self is honored, and rules reshaped to fit new behavior. Good deeds succumb to more stuff, as the god of materialism is worshiped at the temple of Amazon.com, making preachers obsolete. The table is now set for comparison’s dinner, where greedy eyes categorize and rank each other’s wealth. Seeds of jealousy begin with observation, are watered by a word or two, and fertilized by covet’s thought and a hidden wish for more. Lust and prejudice are harvested in dark moments, when fortune smiles upon one, leaving another behind. Anxiety’s cage is opened releasing antidotes of peace, introducing sleepless nights on craving’s pillow. Life becomes a curse as happiness flees from avarice, leaving nothing to nourish the soul, because envy eats nothing but its own heart.