Jealousy Poem by Mark Gould

At couple’s glow I smile and sow the fibers of my vanity;
the dam brakes free and rivers rage drowning fragile sanity.

Gloomy dim what lies within and seals gushing wounds again;
To see me rip and tear and quake before a couple’s baneful grin.

How dare the fair to flaunt and share a fleeting greeting lover’s stare?
A life despaired is enough to bear without a couple’s searing sin.

Sensuous stares bleed the air how dare they mock singularity.
My pain is vain in weakened shame to justify my jealousy.