"Heartbroken and Lonely"

"Jealousy's Jesters"

A poem about how jealousy can kill any relationship..

Jealousy is insistent.

A rage that won't abate,

For as long as I can hate,

I forfeit myself,

To this unrequited fate.

A burning in my chest,

My mind is set aflame.

Red blazing jealous pests,

Lead me to this sickly shame.

The shame of jealous ranting,

Can't be fixed by my recanting.

I know what anger's granting,

A partner sold by jealous chanting.

Can't control this jealous rage,

Like self control's a tumbling stage.

No matter what the time or age,

I can't gauge or cage this rage.

Holding on with all my might,

Can't see them with another.

So I scratch and claw and bite,

And leave them feeling smothered.

Guilty of naught but caring,

Taken to the extreme.

An ugly horn that's blaring,

Blotting out my faithful scream.

But it can be killed,

If I can learn to trust.

My hateful spite fulfilled,

If I cannot fight the lust.

It takes my heat and leaves a chill,

And tells my soul to foot the bill.

Like an overwhelming hill,

Overtaking

this bastille.

I cannot let my jealous ill,

Get the best of my caring will.

I just can't let it kill,

The love that's keeping me fulfilled...