Jealousy

passing a feeling..

Green with envy,

Tempting the demon within.

Clawing and scratching inside,

While the flames engulf my skin.

 

Your greatest desires, fulfilled

While having a night out on the town.

Everything you've ever wanted,

With all your friends around. 

 

You're in college now,

About to be set free.

A life to look forward to,

And get a job with your degree.

 

I sit and watch the shadows

Playing on the wall.

Wondering why my dreams

Take a devastating fall.

 

Trying to hide this feeling

I hold deep inside.

As my jealous demon,

Claws inside my mind.

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Jealousy gets you no where. Don't be jealous.

Reviews

[Dani California]

I sit and watch the shadows

Playing on the wall.

Wondering why my dreams

Take a devastating fall.

Very powerful!! I loved this stanza.

And yes, jealousy is a waste of time and energy... and only leads to more negativity. I've often wondered why some people waste their time and energy envying someone else when they could be spending that energy on creating themselves. Love thyself... and jealousy will have no place in which to dwell.

Great piece!

[Bhavya Kaushik]

"Trying to hide this feeling
I hold deep inside.
As my jealous demon,
Claws inside my mind."

I loved these lines the most and yeah! I agree with you that jealousy is really a waste of time and energy from which we can't achieve anything.....instead of that we should be happy for our own life which is so beautiful ^-^

This is a kind of write which will surely going to remain here in my mind for some time :)
Thanks a lot for sharing this with us :) :)

[Michael X]

Rayne, this is a powerful, imaginative and metaphorically enhanced opening stanza, as well as what
follows, to be able to identify hostile reactions, the malace result of overwhelming resentfulness
Green with envy,
Tempting the demon within.
Clawing and scratching inside,
While the flames engulf my skin.
as your poem presents itself like an open book, the reader can feel the sense of brokenness entwining
the pondering idea reflecting upon relationship valued to point its path leads one's thoughts comparing
acheivements in standard, resulting in negative dispostion, and one can feel the mirorring aspect present
itself through your words, the passionate form sculpts the intention, depthfully chraged, realistic,
as i am sure most people can relate to these feelings at one time or another, this poem puts to choice
the ability to compare what causes such feelings in the reader's own heart, I really enjoyed the overall
sincerity expressed with sentimental tone, as your words navigate through the soul of the pen

[JC Fox]

I try but it just doesn't help I end up jealous, another great poem

[Y.F.]

Jealousy does get you no where - it holds you back where you are in life, making you doubtful about yourself and destroying you from inside.
If I see someone fulfilling an old dream of mine, or succeeding where I haven't I try my best to be happy for him/her, and it's usually easier than you may think.
This is a great piece, conveying what goes on inside a jealous mind.

[The Autumn Faerie]

Yeah, it definitely does not do to be jealous.
As I know, sadly...

Nice poem, though.
It's got some pretty good imagery to it.