Virtue in our grasp
We reach out with jealously
Slips through our fingers
Beware, do not learn the dance
of jealousy, do not chance
being fatally impaled
with the tip of your own lance.
Jealousy is such a liar,
meant to set your heart on fire;
it will steal your sweet lover,
put you knee-deep into mire.
Please listen attentively to me,
jealousy is never meant to be
the definer of romantic bliss;
dance the dance of purest love, I plead.
Jealously
Miracle Man
&-!#-2022
Jealousy frequently rears its head,
it causes insecurity and pilfers pride.
Jealousy is a book best left unread,
jealous thoughts should be denied.
We should never compare ourselves to another,
for God gave each different gifts and talents.
Tom
Sister, leave him— do it now
He’s cut your sails and your hair
He’s burned a hole in your bed
In your forest, in your family
Leave him now, do it now
The latch that you put on your door
When we were children
It can’t keep me out anymore
I am a thief, I’m here to steal you from him
You’ve been asleep for centuries
Turned on your side, like a mountain in snow
To be hardly recognizable, he’s buried your eyes
I am jealous, I am your brother! LEAVE HIM
How dare you! HOW DARE YOU!
Please leave him and come home, I can’t do this alone
Sister, leave him
Written Friday, January 29th, 2021
For the contest Watered-Down Juice
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Balassi stanza
as fickle love is cruel,
makes of many a fool
as hearts are many broken
“tokens of Jealously”
`kept of hearts zealously’
as hurtful words are spoken
hearts do become word graves
as jealousy gains slaves
common as subway tokens
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For and In honor of Dr Ram
And contest: Balassi Stanza
By John Moses Freeman
Jealously Bearded
The computers afforded to the elite and working forces are not the dells everyone
detests to use as free ones given in all the better libraries they are the IBMS. The
number on the backs of them are plated in real GOLD bunion old. The screens
are made of crystal glass and fashioned as a shiny mirror made to look like
windows hanging in midair. The mouse has three click buttons and seldom will
ever break from the misuse the student teachers make the housing is made with
titanium fair. The total concept is an old one the same old song and dance. The
man needs to eat or work or graduate if a lover or a student user. The trap is
baited with the silver and the gold instead of just plane cheese. The end result is
at least one million dollars worth of please. Jealous is a simple word for me.
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