Tortured Sorrow Born of Jealousy

“Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress” - William Blake

I’ve made my concessions.

I’ve given all that I can.

 

You ask for my soul,

Laid bare and exposed,

To your every whim.

 

Vultures are circling,

My death is impending.

 

Body is spread-eagled,

Lying prone on chiseled stone.

 

Leather restraints chaffing,

Peeling my skin raw.

 

My heart pumps sluggishly,

With every searing breath.

 

I shutter my eyes,

Against the misery.

 

Your cackling sends shivers,

Up and down my cracked spine.

 

I’ve made my concessions.

I’ve given all that I can.

 

You screech for my lifeblood,

Darkened black and putrid,

From your poison.

 

The cold seeps,

Into my bones.

 

Upon this unforgiving rock,

I cry out for mercy.

 

Your spiraling jealousy,

Knows no bounds.

 

Spitting and sputtering,

Spewing your filth forth.

 

I turn the other cheek,

Only to feel the burn.

 

I’ve made my concessions.

I’ve given all that I can.

 

How can I confess

When I’ve done

Nothing wrong?

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Lily Mae]

I can feel the pain in every word of this write.. Being picked apart and discarded piece by piece is the worst experience.. I have experienced it and witnessed it to many times.. You know the simple truth and communication makes life so much easier...instead we live with jealousy and pain... excellent write.. xx

[Eagle Cruagh]

A jealous person is much like a drunk.
Neither will ever change.
"They are both so wrapped up in
themselves that you are invisible to them.
This was an excellent treatise on jealousy.
Run , don`t walk to the nearest exit, then
open the door and never look back.
Why should you donate your life to a
hopless lunatic.

----- EAgle Cruagh

[EMF]

Kat, you never fail to take my breath away or shift me into another place. I loved it, with it's overtones of classical mythology. On a scale of 1 -100? Make it 1,000.