Jealousy's Legacy Poem by Fay Slimm

Following, sinister, with fanged-tipped wings,
And dreaded - for it had returned,
Looking behind at the vast ugly beast
I experienced shame as I burned.

Heated with sickness I'd suffered before,
Running throughout my head
My thoughts turned to gall, suspicion arose,
Then all in my sight became red.

This green-eyed gargantuan, called so because
Shades of fresh emerald, refined,
Glinting like steel, leapt from it's claws
Sinking venamous shafts in my mind.

Honed to a potency, Jealousy can,
Only by hacking away
At faith, then at trust, engorge almost all
Resistance that gets in it's way.

So please don't defer to this terrible host.
Battle for all you hold dear.
For you to give in and be led by such foe,
All love-warmth will freeze by sheer fear.