A Form Of Admiration Poem by Francis Duggan

The people who to you would never drink a toast
Those who are jealous of you admire you the most
Jealousy is a form of admiration turned upside down
And those who are jealous crave their own renown
There's none of us perfect and 'twould seem fair to say
That we all are flawed in some sort of a way
And to be jealous of someone is not breaking any law
For jealousy is just one more human flaw
And though people who are jealous can be good and kind
Jealousy it is not good for the mind
But suppose we all have our flaws and our crosses to bear
And the near to perfect people to say the least rare
A form of admiration that is jealousy
Though many with what I say would disagree.