Jealousy

Jealousy overcomes me like
an anaconda suffocating my prideful puffed penguin chest
and the thought of your hand running across the skin of someone else is grievous
So uncomfortable, I feel a wave of something wearisome, and it's left a skunky sour taste in my 
mouth, 
nauseas at the fact that you could look that way.... at someone ELSE
 A wave of irritability floods over me like a tsunami of self doubt,  I take my aggression out on 
myself
curse obscenities to numb the guilt of my defeat in all interpersonal relationship realms 
I know that I will never measure up to the standards of perfection, that I have daydreamed up
I feel like a child reaching up to the cookie counter, but I can  never manage to reach that 
perfection shelf
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Haick Avatar
October 1, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Oh, you're good Laura!! You are good! Totally enjoyed this! Goes to my favorites! Love, Audrey
Pattison Avatar
June 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM
You convey the nauseating feeling of jelousy perfectly in this poem, really well written. Regards, Gavin.
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June 13, 2010 at 9:03 PM
A picture painted in my mind Love Roger
Mehta Avatar
June 12, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Nice expressions on jealousy
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