Jealousy slinks around deserted corners,
Slithering through alleys, dropping poisonous pearls of verdigris to sink below the surface and take root, tiny snakes of jade twisting their minute serpentine bodies into every thought sifting through uncomplicated minds,
devouring self, digesting respect
into muddy snail trails of slime,
obscuring the beauty of this multitude of fragmented hope shards, forcing
hard, jagged edges of fear into every broken crevice, bringing death and destruction with every ragged intake of breath, despair breeding in every fissure,
this desolation of an unreal world, overflowing with the cold emptiness
of furnished vacant rooms
populated by pretenders.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.
I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Comments (2)
I love how the metaphors make jealousy feel almost tangible, creeping and consuming. It’s dark, powerful, and incredibly evocative.
Oh my. I really love how you turned jealousy into a sly, predatory creature that slinks and slithers. Your description of the "poisonous pearls of verdigris" is great; it makes me think of something that looks beautiful but is actually just poison. The way you described these invasive thoughts corrupting "uncomplicated minds" is so effective.